Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:35:36 -0700 (PDT) | From | George Bonser <> | Subject | Re: Drive error |
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> While I agree that IDE errors are typically a sign of a near future death, > but in this case, I note that it is a "dma_intr". If you are running a > 2.0.x kernel, there might be another reason. Here is a quote from Mark > Lord taken from a previous linux-kernel message: > > ------ > [UltraDMA "reused" a status bit that used to mean "bad block", > but now means "CRC error, retry transfer". Linux 2.0.xx just > gives up when it sees "bad block", since it "knows" that it > cannot do anything about a bad block.. very painful. ] > ------ > > I think Mark was going to (or has) sent Alan a patch for the 2.0.34-preX > that Alan is currently putting together, but I'd have to check. > > Paul.
In the "for what its worth" department, I started seeing such errors as soon as I installed an UltraDMA drive in my machine so I am assuming that this bit is generated by the drive and not the controller, yes?
George Bonser
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