--- "F.McCaffery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chaps,
>
> Need a bit of advice about a hard disc problem. My
> HD is making random
> clunking noises and when in command line mode I get
> the following messages
> fly up the screen:-
>
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekCopmplete Error}
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveSatusError
> BadCRC}
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x53 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Index Error}
>
> Is this a sign of the HD about to die, or is it
> recverable.
> The PC still works but just makes noise and locks up
> for a couple of seconds
> now and again.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Recompile your kernel, under i think block devices
theres an option that i've totally forgotton the name
of, but in the help part it mentions that, you simply
enable it, or was it turn it off. Anyway, it seems to
have worked for me.
David
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