On Wednesday 22 September 2004 14:50, Josh Lauricha wrote: > I have the following: > ABIT KD7A > Athlon XP 2800+ > Western Digital 180GB (WD1800BB) > Generic 16x DVD-ROM > > And am getting: > hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 > hda: DMA interrupt recovery > hda: DMA timeout error > hda: DMA timeout error: status=0xd0 { Busy } > > hda: DMA disabled > ide0: reset: success > hda: lost interrupt > hda: task_out_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest > Error } > hda: task_out_intr: error=0x00 { } > > hda: DMA disabled > hda: drive not ready for command > ide0 reset: success > > Regularly. The drive will reset (with an audible click), then do a > little more and timeout again. I'm trying to install Sarge running > 2.6.8, but the same problem happens with 2.4.26. I've tried booting > with noacpi, nodma, ide=nodma and noapic with no success. I've tried > different combos of connecting the drives, both on primary, dvd on > secondary, etc. I've disabled DMA in the BIOS, but it still seems to > try to use it. I've reset the BIOS. Is there anything else I can try? > Anyone else running one of these boards? Based on the dmesg output, it > doesn't seem like the noapic arg does anything on this board. > > Please CC, I'm not subscribed. > > Are you sure the drive is good? I had problems like this, and smartmontools showed the drive was failing. I replaced it, and haven't had any problems since.
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