Problems Hot-Swapping IDE ATA drives

From: L P (plm@iname.com)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 07:46:19 EST


Hello all,
        Please, help me with the following: I have the PCMCIA adapter which converts the ATA compatible PCMCIA cassettes into "True IDE hard disk".
        My RedHat 7.3 linux works fine, when it was booted with the cassette inserted. I can mount/read/write/unmount the device without any error.
        Next, I unmount the device and extract the cassette - usually (not always)I receive the "spurious interrupt" message. Then, when I insert the cassette and try to mount it back, I receive the following errors:
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[root@leonp] mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/pcmcia
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 2
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 4
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 6
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 2
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 4
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 6
 unable to read partition table
mount: error while guessing file system type
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These messages are repeated several times.

I also tried to issue hdparm -U (or -R) 0 /dev/hdc with exactly the same result.

Any help will be highly appreciated.
Please, post possible answers to my private address, as I am not subscribed to the list.

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