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SubjectRe: ide drive busy - is this "dangerous"?
Tuomas Heino wrote:
>
> hdc: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> hdc: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
> ide1: reset: success
>
> Do that kind of messages mean that something is wrong?

If you see a lot of them, then something is wrong somewhere.
Double-check the connectors and ensure the cable lengths
are 18" or less.

Some drives seem to generate these errors once in a while,
and as you can see, Linux notices and corrects for the problem.

--
mlord@pobox.com
The Linux IDE guy

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