Re: Trapping Errant DMA Disk Ops

2006-10-11 Thread Nico
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:30:45AM +0200, David Baron wrote: log entry: kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 readers of this list will begin to think that this is my solution to every problem... well lately it has been! Check the powersupply. [

Re: Trapping Errant DMA Disk Ops

2006-10-11 Thread David Baron
> > readers of this list will begin to think that this is my solution to > > every problem... well lately it has been! Check the > > powersupply. Apparently, after HD's, powersupplies are the most failure > > prone part of system. And they don't generally fail catastrophically, > > but slowly slide

Re: Trapping Errant DMA Disk Ops

2006-10-11 Thread Bill Smith
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:30:45AM +0200, David Baron wrote: log entry: kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 They may be due to a failing disk, MB, or cable problems but they can stop the system in its tracks. If the disk be mounted or otherwize being

Re: Trapping Errant DMA Disk Ops

2006-10-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:30:45AM +0200, David Baron wrote: > log entry: kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 > > They may be due to a failing disk, MB, or cable problems but they can stop > the > system in its tracks. If the disk be mounted or otherwize being accessed, big > red

Trapping Errant DMA Disk Ops, PS

2006-10-11 Thread David Baron
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Trapping Errant DMA Disk Ops

2006-10-11 Thread David Baron
log entry: kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 They may be due to a failing disk, MB, or cable problems but they can stop the system in its tracks. If the disk be mounted or otherwize being accessed, big red switch time. Otherwize, that wonderful click-clack of WD disks is the war