Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:23:14 -0700 | From | Stephen Samuel <> | Subject | Re: A CD with errors (scratches etc.) blocks the whole system while reading damadged files |
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> I don't think it has to do with the IRQs, but it sounds like the entire ide > chipset (think two cables one one chipset...) has stopped responding when > ONE device (out of a possible four (with two cables)) has failed media.
In my case, I was able to read data from hda while the cdrom on hdd was trying to recover data from a scratched disk. Reading data from hdc (shared cable with the CDROM), on the other hand, was VERY slow.
I have an 82371AB PIIX4 ide interface (dual IDE chipset), It's part of a 440BX chipset board.
If accessing on one IDE interface (C/D) causes the other (A/B) to lockup, I'd guess you've got especially cheap hardware on your box.
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