Failing drive?

[Les Mikesell]

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:12, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>     Someone with more knowledge about these things please tell me if I'm 
> looking at a failing drive, or something else.  SMART hasn't reported 
> anything on the drive (in fact, it thinks the drive is in perfect health 
> when I do a manual check.)
> 
> ----------
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 
> 0x20
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon syslogd: /var/log/messages: Read-only file 
> system
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon kernel: hda: DMA timeout retry
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { 
> Busy }

You might try replacing the cable.  I've a seen a few bad ones
and the 100-133Mhz interfaces are kind of picky about them.

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  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com