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

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Apr 8, 2004, at 7:56 AM, box191 wrote:
> 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


> Suggestions?
>
Try upgrading your kernel - there's a few systems that warn of this 
with certain chipsets, as some chipsets are VERY funky.  And whether 
those chipsets work, how well, etc. is very dependent on the kernel.  
There's also a few places in the kernel config that used to have some 
settings you could turn off if you got this issue, although I don't 
remember where they're at now.  I'd recommend reading through every 
possible config item in the kernel - if nothing else, it helps you to 
understand what everything does, how it all relates, etc.

Also, another possibility exists - SuSE hit this error the other day on 
an Athlon machine, and automatically did something which correct the 
problem, but I didn't see what they did.  There may be a parameter 
someplace to fix this - but, I'd try first upgrading your kernel.  
After that, I'll take look, see if I can find anything in the SuSE 
configs for the harddrive settings.

Cheers!
Jason

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