Hi Wojtek, > However now, after the upgrade sometimes I receive the series of errors:
I don't think it is the ugrade / scratch install difference. I think this may be due to a possible kernel bugs. > ************ QUOTING FROM /var/log/syslog > Jun 21 19:42:36 wzab kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady > SeekComplete DataRequest Error } [snipage] > and the machine slows down (in fact almost freezes). > After the hard reset, I get the "first hdd controller error" from BIOS. > Only switching the power off solves the problem. I haven't seen this my self, but I have seen some of your symtoms. > My IDE configuration is as follows: (quoting from "dmesg" output) [] > hda: ST33240A, ATA DISK drive > hdb: SAMSUNG SV1824D, ATA DISK drive > hdc: CD-540E, ATAPI CDROM drive > hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive [] > hda: ST33240A, 3077MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=781/128/63 > hdb: SAMSUNG SV1824D, 17386MB w/472kB Cache, CHS=35324/16/63, (U)DMA > hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache > Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56 > hdd: 98304kB, 32/64/96 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm I have: hda: ST33221A, 3077MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=781/128/63, UDMA hdc: WDC AC1210F, 202MB w/64kB Cache, CHS=989/12/35 [] > 0% [Working]hdc: timeout waiting for DMA > hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > 0% [Working]hdc: timeout waiting for DMA > hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest > hdc: timeout waiting for DMA > hdc: DMA disabled I have seen this too - under heavy load while accessing both drives at once. eg. drive2:/usr/src$ bzip2 -cd /drive1/kernel2.2.tar.bz2 | tar -x kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } kernel: hda: DMA disabled kernel: ide0: reset: success However, both drives work fine independently. Also, I have the one drive on each ide controller whereas you have filled up both master & slave on both, which would make the problem worse. I have a via MVP4 board and hence completely different ide controllers (unless via reverse engineered intel). That is why I think it may be a kernel bug. Do your drives work under kernel 2.0.x? Have you looked to see if Andre Hedrick (the linux ide guy) has any patches under your_kernel_mirror/kernel/people/hedrick (that is what i will do when i have time). Regards, Mark.