Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Dec 1997 14:03:02 -0500 | From | mlord <> | Subject | Re: ide drive busy - is this "dangerous"? |
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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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