Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 1997 04:55:13 +0100 | From | Pavel Galynin <> | Subject | Re: IDE Disk Problems |
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Hugo Van den Berg wrote:
I'm having trouble installing Linux and several people suggested it had something to do with my WD IDE drives and EZ-drive software.Is that true? Paul
> > On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, John Heil wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Gary Vinson wrote: > > > > > We have lost one Western Digital Caviar 31600 (1.6GB) IDE drive and > > > one WD Caviar (700MB) IDE drive. Now, when I say lost, I mean that when > > > the system is rebooted, the disk sounds like it is physcially broke. There > > > is a periodic clanging noise, as if one of the drive components is > > > actually damaged. At this point, we don't get past the BIOS. > > > > > > These two drives ran for approximately one month each > > > before dieing. Prior to this, we noticed in our system messages: > > > > > > kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x4b { DriveRead DataRequest Index Error } > > > " " read_intr: error=0x04 { Drive Status Error} > > > " ide0: do_ide_reset: success > > [snipped] > > I had the same problem on a 21000 (1Gb). Sent it back to the supplier, > they replaced the disks software and did a new low level format. Had no > trouble since. There have been problems with a few series of WD drives > that require a replacement of the drive's software. You can download a fix > from www.wdc.com > > -------------------------------------- > Hugo Van den Berg - hbe@cypres.nl > Phone - +31 (0)30 - 60 25 400 > Fax - +31 (0)30 - 60 50 799 > --------------------------------------
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