[linux-lvm] Can someone _please_ tell me whats going on?

[Steven Lembark]

> lvcreate, followed by mkreiserfs. When I rebooted, again, I saw
>
> hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=211681280,
> sector=0
> hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=211681280,
> sector=0
> hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=211681280,
> sector=0
> hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=211681280,
> sector=0
> hdc: DMA disabled
> hdd: DMA disabled
> ide1: reset: success
> hdc: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error
> }
> hdc: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=211681280,
> sector=0
> hdc: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error
> }
> hdc: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=211681280,
> sector=0
> hdc: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error
> }

(1) What happens if you use ext2 -- using one of the non-standard
    file systems for testing just brings in extra variables?


You could also have IDE controller or DMA problems. "Hardware"
doesn't just mean disk drives. If you have multiple controllers,
try switching the drives between them and see if that changes
the result.


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