Re: [MLUG] Is it just me or...

[box191 <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wednesday 07 April 2004 04:28 pm, Nathan Odle wrote:
> Getting toward the end of the semester, that might be part of it.  
> School systems with later spring breaks are probably gone too...  Heck, 
> even my best efforts to be a shit disturber with my Wal-Mart thread 
> only lasted a day :-D

Some shit disturbers are better than others. Why is it
that some people don't realize that open source is
inherently based on a socialist political philosophy?

However, I also have a (more) serious question.

First, I'm new to Linux. Jan. 4, 2004 was the first day
I saw it.

Second, I've tried a dozen small versions of Linux, and
I've installed five major Linux distributions -- Debian, 
Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat and Slackware -- but none can
read my first physical hard drive. 

It was formatted FAT32 by Win98SE on 27 Dec 2003.

In BIOS, it's set as the primary drive, with DMA and
32-bit enabled.

Twice I've opened the case and confirmed that the
jumper is set for master, and that the cable from
the drive to the IDE controller is the one stamped
"master" on the cable. Once I replaced the cable
with a new one from the package.

Here's the info from dmesg:

Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ICH: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1
ICH: chipset revision 2
ICH: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0x10a0-0x10a7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0x10a8-0x10af, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
hda: WDC PhD2100L, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Maxtor 6Y080P0, ATA DISK drive
hdc: CR-4804TE, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8585, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: 0 sectors (0 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=0/255/63

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Here's the info from hdparm -i /dev/hda:

/dev/hda:

 Model=WDC PhD2100L, FwRev=15.26B15, SerialNo=WD-WT3680020163
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
 RawCHS=4200/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=22
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=256kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=4200/16/63, CurSects=4233600, LBA=yes, LBAsects=4233600
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:160,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2
 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: device does not report version:  1 2 3

 * signifies the current active mode

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Following a suggestion on another list, I tried turning
off DMA with hdparm. Didn't help. Tried turning it off
in BIOS. Didn't help.

I was told that "not 100% native mode" means the 
motherboard/IDE controller won't work with Linux,
yet it's working with the second hard drive.

I've been told that the hard drive is defective, yet
a thorough check by Windows Scandisk finds no 
errors, no bad sectors.

I've been told the IDE controller is defective, yet
Windows has no problem with it, and Linux has no
problem using it to read/write the second drive.

Win98 and WinXP on my computer read it and use
it. Rescue disks with Win95, WinNT and Win2000
can read it. Linux rescue disks can't read it. Knoppix,
MandrakeMove, SuSE Live, etc., can't read it.

Suggestions?

I have a multi-boot set up, Win98SE on this first
physical hard drive, WinXP, Debian Woody, Mandrake
10 (cooker) on the second hard drive. This isn't a big
deal, but the more I've played with it, the more my
curiosity has grown.

Dick 


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