Re: Problems with hard drive initialisation

From: Andy Harbach (andy_at_walk-snowdonia.co.uk)
Date: 07/13/03 

Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:44:39 +0100

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> Jul 13 09:50:11 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Jul 13 09:50:11 localhost kernel: hda: DMA disabled
> Jul 13 09:50:11 localhost kernel: blk: queue c03c0140, I/O limit 4095Mb
> (mask 0xffffffff)
> Jul 13 09:50:11 localhost kernel: blk: queue c03c0140, I/O limit 4095Mb
> (mask 0xffffffff)
> Jul 13 09:50:11 localhost kernel: ide0: reset: success
> Jul 13 09:50:11 localhost kernel: hdb1: <bsd: hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9>

It looks like hdb (perhaps your 20GB drive) is causing errors. Have you
tried booting with it removed?

Best wishes, 

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Andy Harbach
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