[wellylug] new hard disk problems

[Jethro Carr]

Maybe it's something to do with your kernel not liking the drive.
(ie: the dma driver)

Have you got a 2.6 series kernel?



On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 07:33, Mark Signal wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I recently built a Debian box (sarge) with a new 200 gig drive which give s
> the following error on a regular basis:
> 
> Jun  7 08:09:58 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun  7 08:09:58 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError
> BadCRC }
> Jun  7 08:10:23 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun  7 08:10:23 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError
> BadCRC }
> Jun  7 08:10:23 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun  7 08:10:23 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError
> BadCRC }
> Jun  7 08:10:24 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun  7 08:10:24 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError
> BadCRC }
> Jun  7 08:10:24 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun  7 08:10:24 ds2 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError
> BadCRC }
> Jun  7 08:10:24 ds2 kernel: ide0: reset: success
> 
> if I turn off dma using hdparm the problem goes away but so does the
> performance - the time taken for a clamscan more than doubles.
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can tune things so that I keep the
> performance without the errors I would appreciate the input.
> 
> BTW - I posted a week or so ago about funny usb driver related kernel oops's
> on another debian sarge box - it was definitely a faulty motherboard.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark Signal
> 

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