From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D254B1381F3 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 14:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 20FBFE0A90; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 14:31:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D174E0A4A for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 14:31:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MHXPg-1V3oVj1Ciy-0045rM; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:31:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 09:30:58 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen Message-ID: <20130801143058.GT1010@server> References: <51F9534A.6010504@asyr.hopto.org> <51F970BE.80809@asyr.hopto.org> <20130731221046.GP1010@server> <51FA139C.5090408@asyr.hopto.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51FA139C.5090408@asyr.hopto.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:ofXPNzxhw/4sJz1jTaCL7uIfSa4Ir/1ZPjInkmoqg23 ma274DVNK0Jvl9tK7EAkJvpF2YVh4SzywB7d/HMrHAMsjrNYtd WBdigIO+WjenD3lZWyG9AxoL6VZzypx56lOByPF+R60P0JmTPJ pq1zXO8nN/y+DLUEYQdJoO2hSIaYScNwUIbcc58x83Up4Zu8hD xsWHxuMorc3Sp65lslze37FW2/f4HwXgKMrQFGIEDFqpmb/K+L HZTpDO8kJYwwnL5SaIK9WOg2PLdIkBC1ldBMXm2B9blGe9f0Zr HZEW3t3sZIpvtwY+yoxat9SK7wDBCe9urj7Df/YT0wBbfGG7m6 PPdNY4gvBB0sFrhiaYPA= X-Archives-Salt: 9c4190ea-dbda-494d-a135-2750c58e8f10 X-Archives-Hash: 2125111992fadddb7da4913723271c0c 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/ -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting