From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ECEbk-0002kl-Sv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 10:53:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j85AneXX023992; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:49:40 GMT Received: from lmfilto03.st1.spray.net (lmfilto03.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.217]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j85AewWK002936 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:40:58 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lmfilto03.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3911226481B for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:44:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec06.st1.spray.net ([212.78.203.82]) by localhost (lmfilto03.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14773-01 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:44:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec06.st1.spray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cmcodec06.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id E09D210D68F for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:44:05 +0000 (GMT) Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=lycos.co.uk; h=From:Subject; b=oGfIVDoF9Xnr92fdNz4vE6tPFVvua5sB/WpjFFnRtFOWshTmaSZfYU0pVSBerDwL+2Awojedw8/zPEugiwfWArEBiDo+bKy7I0DKArgDrj/6oz1t6YcPz9QeoEyn/kHNXuQinVSlcd6qpThklSEHI9rwva88tqbPfrbhn2SNhhU=; From: "Michael Kintzios" To: Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Faulty IDE ribbon? Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:43:56 +0100 Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: <200509050807.15647.haga.chan@web.de> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at spray.net X-Archives-Salt: 6fdffc15-1692-49a4-b223-8b0a257a2856 X-Archives-Hash: ac470acb7bfe513752650d443a3c9ef3 > -----Original Message----- > From: haga.chan@web.de [mailto:haga.chan@web.de] > Sent: 05 September 2005 07:07 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Faulty IDE ribbon? > > > On Sunday 04 September 2005 15:39, Mick wrote: > > > Just checking before I buy a new ribbon, that there is nothing more > > sinister happening with my secondary IDE controller. Suddenly and > > with no activity on my secondary IDE controller there's a noise as > > if my /dev/hdc (8G ATA drive) and /dev/hdd (CDWR) are reinitialised > > - i.e. the mechanical noises usually observed when the machine is > > switched on and the BIOS probes the devices on booting. > > > > Both devices are not mounted and there is no media in the CDWR. > > This is what dmesg shows: > > ================= > > hdc: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 > > hdc: DMA timeout error > > hdc: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete > > DataRequest } > > I had the same problem! As it turned out it was the ribbon > that caused > these weird kernel messages and the noise during the start of the > system. So yes, replacing the ribbon would probably make these > symptoms disappear. Thanks Frank! New ribbon is on order now. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list