R: libata/sata errors on ich[?]/maxtor

[mtassinari]

Hi Samuel, All,

> > >
> > > Eventually the drive will be offlined.
> >
> > really? I can test that easily enough if nothing else :)
>
> When is it (should it) going to offline the drive? its been spitting out
these messages (about set per min?) for 4 hours at the moment with > no
change bar the sector number increasing by 2 each time...
>


confirm. tryed with cables about 4 inches long,
to no success. The process doing the i/o hangs and cannot be killed, so no 
proper sync or shutdown other than reset is possible.
2.6.16 release shows no improvement.
2.6.16-rc6-mm2 does not even recognise the maxtor at boot...
btw, a couple of WD drives went flawless.



Mauro

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