what does DriveReady SeekComplete Error mean ?

From: charly (charlyspam_at_yahoo.fr)
Date: 01/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:27:06 +0100

Greetings, I'm setting up a server and have some hard time with the
drives. I downloaded the boot drive CD but would like to understand what
does the followng mean.
(Otherwise the disks work rougly fine..)

thx !
I post here a sniplet of my dmesg and informations about the drives...:

hdb: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hdb: 3171270 sectors (1624 MB), CHS=3737/255/63, DMA
hdc: host protected area => 1
hdc: 60036480 sectors (30739 MB) w/380KiB Cache, CHS=59560/16/63, UDMA(100)
hdd: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hdd: 6303024 sectors (3227 MB) w/128KiB Cache, CHS=6253/16/63, UDMA(33)

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hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
blk: queue c03bed60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hdd: DMA disabled
ide1: reset: success
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }

/dev/hdd:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number: ST33232A
        Serial Number: VGC84643
        Firmware Revision: 3.02
Standards:
        Supported: 2 1
        Likely used: 4
Configuration:
        Logical max current
        cylinders 6253 6253
        heads 16 16
        sectors/track 63 63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors: 6303024
        LBA user addressable sectors: 6303024
        device size with M = 1024*1024: 3077 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000: 3227 MBytes (3 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        Buffer size: 128.0kB bytes avail on r/w long: 4 Queue depth: 1
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=383ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
                Power Management feature set
                SMART feature set

/dev/hdc:

ATA device, with non-removable media
powers-up in standby; SET FEATURES subcmd spins-up.
        Model Number: IBM-DTLA-305030
        Serial Number: YG0YGL13459
        Firmware Revision: TW3OA60A
Standards:
        Used: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
        Supported: 5 4 3 2 & some of 6
Configuration:
        Logical max current
        cylinders 16383 16383
        heads 16 16
        sectors/track 63 63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
        LBA user addressable sectors: 60036480
        device size with M = 1024*1024: 29314 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000: 30738 MBytes (30 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        bytes avail on r/w long: 40 Queue depth: 32
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
        Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000)
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 *udma3 udma4 udma5
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           * NOP cmd
           * READ BUFFER cmd
           * WRITE BUFFER cmd
           * Host Protected Area feature set
                Release interrupt
           * Look-ahead
           * Write cache
           * Power Management feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           * SMART feature set
                Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
                SET MAX security extension
                Address Offset Reserved Area Boot
                SET FEATURES subcommand required to spinup after power up
                Power-Up In Standby feature set
                Advanced Power Management feature set
           * READ/WRITE DMA QUEUED
Security:
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not enabled
        not locked
        not frozen
        not expired: security count
        not supported: enhanced erase
        32min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
HW reset results:
        CBLID- below Vih
        Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct



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