Re: Hard Drive Problem

Tim Middelkoop (mtim@lab.housing.fsu.edu)
Wed, 5 Jun 1996 21:07:19 -0400 (EDT)

I also have this problem, I lso have 4 devices off my ide buss's (VLB
controller) only one hard drive does this and exibits simular messages
and will lock up hard. I though it was just a hard drive going bad but
now Ido not know. The hard drive is older and the problem does not
follow a pattern that I can discern however it seems to be somewhat
responsive to external things, I have placed it in every concevable
configeration even changing the cables and placing a low level format
over my data (oops). I am willing to take suggestions/experimentations
be cause i am PO at it.

tim...

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On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Fil wrote:


> Hello,
> 
> I have an interesting problem with my system.  For last couple of years 
> I've been runing Linux with almost no problems. Since I have started 
> using pre 2.0 versions following problems showed up twice.  First time 
> was with early pre2.0 kernels and seccond time was with pre2.0.12. Here 
> is the problem:
> 
> Some times when I am running X (only then) my Hard Drives spin like crazy 
> and then they lock up.
> 
> Following is apart of my kernel log after the cold reboot.
> 
> Please could someone tell me what changed in ide drive support to couse 
> the crash?
> 
> Thanks
> Fil
> 
> P.S>
> My system is
> 486dx33
> 8mb ram
> 26mb swap
> 3- 500mb IDE drives hooked on to a SIIG EIDE controler.
> CD-ROM
> SB-PRO
> etc.
> Linux 1.99.12 
> modules (SLIP, PPP, CDROM, floppy and some fylesystems eg. VFAT and NFS)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jun  5 18:22:23 omni linux: hdb: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
> Jun  5 18:22:23 omni linux: ide0: reset: success
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: write_intr: status=0x71 { DriveReady 
> DeviceFault SeekCompl
> ete Error }
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: write_intr: error=0x04 { 
> DriveStatusError }
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: status error: status=0x78 { DriveReady 
> DeviceFault SeekCom
> plete DataRequest }
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: ide0: reset: success
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: write_intr: status=0x71 { DriveReady 
> DeviceFault SeekCompl
> ete Error }
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: write_intr: error=0x04 { 
> DriveStatusError }
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: status error: status=0x78 { DriveReady 
> DeviceFault SeekCom
> plete DataRequest }
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: ide0: reset: success
> Jun  5 18:22:24 omni linux: hdb: write_intr: status=0x71 { DriveReady 
> DeviceFault SeekCompl
> ete Error }
> Jun  5 18:22:25 omni linux: hdb: write_intr: error=0x04 { 
> DriveStatusError }
> Jun  5 18:22:25 omni linux: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41, sector 4167
> Jun  5 18:22:25 omni linux: hdb: read_intr: status=0x79 { DriveReady 
> DeviceFault SeekComple
> te DataRequest Error }
> Jun  5 18:22:25 omni linux: hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> Jun  5 18:22:25 omni linux: hdb: read_intr: status=0x79 { DriveReady 
> DeviceFault SeekComple
> te DataRequest Error }
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>