> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port > SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02) > 03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6101/6102 > single-port PATA133 interface (rev b1)
i assume that you're attached to 00:1f:2, the sata controller due to the message. this controller is close to the one i originally built the ahci driver on, so i doubt that you're hitting a serious controller problem right off the bat. i'm going to guess that you have a puis-enabled drive and assume this isn't an irq issue. it could be that, but that's a lower probability. earlier versions of the ahci driver didn't support puis because puis wasn't around back then. among its anti-social features, puis allows the return of identify device to be incomplete, requiring one know the magic interoccular tap to rise said drive out of its slumber. it might be that you can jumper your drive so it doesn't puis. read the manual. if you don't know, send along the model / serial #, and it's not too hard to look up. - erik
