From: Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 09:30:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130801143058.GT1010@server> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51FA139C.5090408@asyr.hopto.org>
On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 10:51:56AM +0300, Thanasis wrote:
>
> I keep the cable connected to both the motherboard's sata port and to
> the external eSata disk enclosure.
The _only_ time that I am _certain_ I've received that particular error is in
a very similar case. My workstation has 2 SATA cables plugged to the
motherboard and hanging out of it. Both of them have given such errors before.
Internal SATA connectors are a poor design; external (eSATA) is much better.
And sometimes one cable works and not the other.
> I noticed that the cable indeed needed reseating, but on the other hand,
> the external disk had *not* been powered on since last reboot, i.e.
> before these "errors or warnings" in dmesg had appeared.
>
> FWIW, after reseating the cable, I powered the external disk on, run a
> forced fsck on it, and no errors where reported.
That might not have been necessary, because according to the error the device
was disconnected. Glad you have solved your issue.
In order to test/fix/backup/use external drives I'm thinking of purchasing a
SATA to eSATA Slot Plate Bracket
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-eSATA-Plate-Bracket-ESATAPLATE2/dp/B000NPKGH4/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1375365716&sr=1-2&keywords=SATA+to+eSATA+Slot+Plate+Bracket
and an eSATA enclosure, something like this
http://www.sabrent.com/category/hard-drive-enclosures/ECS-STU35K/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-01 14:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-31 18:11 [gentoo-user] ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen Thanasis
2013-07-31 19:06 ` Paul Hartman
2013-07-31 20:17 ` Thanasis
2013-07-31 22:10 ` Bruce Hill
2013-08-01 7:51 ` Thanasis
2013-08-01 14:06 ` Paul Hartman
2013-08-01 14:30 ` Bruce Hill [this message]
2013-08-01 8:19 ` David Haller
2013-07-31 19:09 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 21:59 ` Paul Hartman
2013-08-01 7:37 ` Thanasis
2013-08-01 14:43 ` Bruce Hill
2013-08-01 18:52 ` Thanasis
2013-08-01 16:38 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2013-08-01 18:58 ` Thanasis
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