Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:41:32 -0500 (EST) | From | Kevin M Bealer <> | Subject | Re: hd trouble question |
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On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Lawrence Chim wrote:
> Egor Egorov wrote: > > > > Hi. I have one trouble, and the following configuration: > > > > ide first channel: old 40mb ide maxtor drive, master. > > ide second chanel: wd caviar 2700 (730mb), and atapi cdrom. > > > > Linux is running on wd, but old maxtor drive is swap partition. I did such > > configuration because I wanted swap to be on other channel, and this old > > drive is not capable to run on second channel (or capable ? If so, how do I > > ?). My previous configuration was, when both hd was on first channel, and (clip) > > hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > > hda: drive not ready for command (clip) > > May be you don't believe it. I got the same problem with my maxtor > 500MB this > Thursday. I couldn't make the drive work (because I have 400MB data on > the drive > and no backup for it). Eventually, I put my drive into my fringe for 2 > hours and > connect it to my computer, and now, I can read the data and I > immediately back it > up. (clip) > > lawrence, >
Well mine hasn't gove that far yet, but it is spouting those error messages for a while now, and it is also a 500 mb Maxtor.
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