Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:26:41 +0100 | From | Jean-Louis Dupond <> | Subject | Re: ATA bus error with external hd on esata |
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Greg Freemyer schreef: > On Dec 17, 2007 5:53 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > >> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:10:47 +0100 Zsolt Barat <zsolt@softmonsters.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Zsolt Barat schrieb: >>> >>>> hi list, >>>> >> Let's cc the IDE development list. >> >> >>>> i just bought a "MyBook" called external HD with a fixed enclosure, from >>>> WD. Connected to the SATA port i constantly get "ATA bus error" messages >>>> in the kernel log. Is this a known issue? >>>> >>>> > > As an FYI: I've had a lot of problems with the big prepackaged drives > in the last 6 months even from Windows, so I would not be too quick to > blame Linux. > > ie. > I bought several 500GB / 1000GB Buffalo Drives last month with plans > to use them from Windows via USB. > > I attempted to do a lot of heavy file copying to/from them. I was > getting a bunch of "Delayed Write Failures", > > I finally gave up. > > The 500GB drives had a single hard drive internally, so I opened the > case, removed the drive and connected them via standalone external > carriers I had around. In that mode the drives worked fine (from > Windows). I've used both standalone eSata external carriers and > standalone USB external carriers with these same physical drives with > no issues. > > My conclusion is that the electronics in the prepackaged external > units is just not up to the job if your doing heavy i/o. > > Greg > Could u check the temps of the disk ? I had that error in windows also with to hot disks ! If temp is >50°C I would start to worry :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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