On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Isaiah Weiner wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 10:23:55AM -0500, Duncan Hill wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Tom Watts wrote:
> >
> > > Claudiu Balciza wrote:
> > > > Mar 23 15:15:53 digital kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> > > > SeekComplete Error }
> >
> > > This means that a sector was not ready correctly (or not found), this
> > > could be a bad sector on the device (hd or cd) or just some corrupt
> >
> > I have also seen similar messages when either the drive is starting to
> > fail, or the HD controller on the main board is starting to flake.
>
> And in this case, it's probably a CD-ROM drive. I'd check the disk for
> scratches, and if you're trying to dd something off the disk, verify you're
> using the correct blocksize. If all that checks out, try using another
> disk; if you get the same errors, your CD-ROM may be in need of repair/
> replacement.
Another possibility is flaky power supply to the drive or bad connection
between the IDE cable and the drive. At least that is what happened to my
computer. Everytime this happened, I just open the computer and push the
connector firmly and the problem goes away.
Jimmy
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