Soumyadip Modak wrote:
Hello,
I am on a P4 2.4 Ghz, on an ATI RS350 chipset based motherboard. I have
a Seagate 40 GB hard disk, which I used previously on an nForce2 chipset
motherboard without any problems, but currently /var/log/messages often
shows the following.
Sep 28 21:39:10 modak smartd: /dev/hdb:Failed to read smart thresholds
Sep 28 21:39:10 modak kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady
SeekComplete Error }
Sep 28 21:39:10 modak kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 {
DriveStatusError }
Can someone shed some light on the possible causes of the error. Hard
disk access is sometimes really slow, and I had problems installing FC2.
The installation repeatedly freezes when it reaches the file copy stage.
Managed to install Debian after turning off DMA from the BIOS. hdparm
shows:
/dev/hdb:
multcount = 0 (off)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 4865/255/63, sectors = 78165360, start = 0
(This is when DMA is set to Auto in BIOS)
What can I do to alleviate the problem ?
Thanks a lot
First check the hard disk with seagate's or better still with maxtors
(i.e. if you can get it to work) standalone utility. Otherwise...hdparm
and 'Auto' are not that way.
A. Mani
Member, Cal. Math. Soc
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