760 Kernel and DriveReadySeekComplete errors

[Mark Weaver]

Robert L Cochran wrote:
> When my rather old laptop boots the 760 kernel for Fedora Core 3, I get 
> kernel messages similar to this (the message text is not exact):
> 
> DriveReadySeekCompleteError
> ...
> failed opcode is: 100
> 
> This is on a Sony Vaio PCG-F350 laptop which is rather old (we bought it 
> in 1998 or 1999.) I just replaced the original 6 Gb hard drive with a 
> new Western Digital 60 Gb drive. The BIOS recognizes the size of the 
> drive. I also notice that the drive activity LED stays on all the time now.
> 
> Any idea of what is happening here?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bob Cochran
> 

two things are possible... either the kernel is having trouble 
communicating with the hard drive, or your hard drive is on it's way out 
and is about to crash... I would seriously consider running a slightly 
older kernel for a little while and see if these errors go away. If they 
do then its very likely that the kernel is just being weird. OTH...if 
the errors persist then you have a failing drive or bad controler.

-- 
Mark
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