Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:54:10 -0800 (PST) | From | Bruce Lytle <> | Subject | Re: Problems with EIDE driver (I think) |
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On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Liam Hudson wrote:
> Axel Kohlmeyer wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been using two EIDE drives with Linux for quite a while and have noticed > > > a persistant > > > problem. Under heavy load the drive assigned to /dev/hda sometimes hangs, that > > > is the hard > > > drive light stays on and the system enventually crashs. > > > > > > Looking at /var/log/messages reveals persistant hard drive errors of the form: > > > > > > Mar 6 09:11:53 hudsonpc kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } > > > Mar 6 09:11:53 hudsonpc kernel: ide0: reset: success > > > > > > This is always with /dev/hda never /dev/hdb/ > > > > > > Playing around with the setting using hdparm does not seem to make any differen > > > ce. > > seems like your first harddrive ist dying :-(. i've seen a lot of those > > messages before i replaced my old 105Meg Seagate with a newer (and bigger) one. > > > > make a backup of the filesystems on hda ASAP! > > > > Cheers, > > Axel.
> You could be right. > > The only problem with this suggestion is that the HD NEVER hangs under (and I hate to say this) > windows 95 or windows 3.11 or windowsNT (3.51/4.0). I have only ever seen these problems under > Linux. > > Here, is another such error I've just got.... > > Mar 7 09:41:22 hudsonpc kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > Mar 7 09:41:22 hudsonpc kernel: ide0: reset: master: error (0xd0?); slave: failed > > If it is my hard drive then I have a 5 years warranty on it. But how could a prove that it is the hard drive at > fault ??
Bruce adds:
I've had EXACTLY the same problems `status=0x58' etc.. I got these alot with 1.3.[5x 6x], but a review of my messages/syslog reveal NONE of these errors since using 1.3.71 (about 6 days now). Someone told me that my harddrive was bad, I didn't/don't believe `em! (although I AM trying to get ftape to work with my old Colorado Tape drive!) Try out 1.3.71 if yow haven't already, let me know if your problems goes away too.
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