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SubjectRe: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Adam Sulmicki wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Could someone explain me what the following error means and wheter
> I should worry about it?
>
> Those messages show at bootup. The machine seems to work fine
> otherwise. The error shows both for 2.0.34 and 2.0.120 (as shown
> below)
>
> Does it mean it does not support MultiMode? -- I think it should as
> it is pretty new hardware.
...

Looks like multmode is not supported by the drive.
You can use "hdparm -i" to verify that.

Newer drives/systems are designed primarily for DMA use,
whereas multmode is ONLY for PIO. Perhaps they just don't
bother with it on that drive.
--
mlord@pobox.com

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