Brian Green (NET) wrote:
> Hi All
> 
[snip]
> 
> I've recently upgraded to 10.3 with a full/new install from a previously
> fully functional 10.2 (no hardware changed during the upgrade).  I'm now
> getting a significant run of "ata3.00:exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr
> 0x0 action 0x2 frozen" error messages.
> 
[snip]

...  I initially though the
> problem was with EXT3 journalling (as the impact appears to increases
> over time - but I cannot fathom how to force a check of EXT3 at boot).
> If I try to run "Repair Installed System", from the original
> installation DVD, it just reboots ...
> 
> I'm lost for a solution ...
> 
[snip]
> 
> Has anybody solved this for OpenSUSE Linux 2.6.22, or can help me
> investigate it further ...
> 
> Cheers
> 
> B

It was the EXT3 journal for my root partition /dev/sda1:

init 1
umount /dev/sda1
fsck.ext3 /dev/sda1

and then a reboot ...

The "ata3.00: ... frozen" error message has stopped and I can run
VirtualBox again ...
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