Re: What's going on with my IDE devices ?

don_pettengill_at_spamgilent.com
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:35:37 +0000 (UTC)

Jay <jay@free.fr> wrote:
: Also the /var/log/syslog lines :

: Nov 23 22:15:46 xp kernel: hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError
: BadCRC }
: Nov 23 22:15:46 xp kernel: hda: DMA disabled
: Nov 23 22:15:46 xp kernel: ide0: reset: success

You might want to check your cabling .... I have two Seagate drives
that are VERY sensitive to cabling. (In the end even a short shielded
cable wasn't quite good enough; an SATA->IDE adaptor, running off the
SATA M/B connector, worked fine).

First time I've ever had that problem but the trouble it caused me, left
a lasting impression :-)

Don Pettengill
Agilent Laboratories

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