Re: ata: lost disk contact errors [was: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver willbe retired!]

[Doug White]

On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Vallo Kallaste wrote:

> I'm getting the "lost disk contact" messages every now and then, but
> only on our mp3 machine with PIIX3 controller and IBM UDMA/66 disk. It's
> an PPro machine with Intel mobo. Can it be related to newer IBM disks?

Depends on what 'now and then' is.  The Deskstar series of drives was not
intended to run 24/7, and therefore shut themselves down every week to
clean the heads.  

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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