[Lilux-help] HDD errors

[Brent Frère]

Usually, having those kind of messages means hardware problem.
Try to switch between CS (Cable Sense) and Jumper-configured HD, change 
the IDE cable, reduce the IDE bus speed, avoid fast HD on the same IDE 
controler, ...
I would strongly advice you to backup your HD. Does your BIOS report a 
S.M.A.R.T. status for that disk at boot time ? Maybe enable it for once, 
just to see... If you have "Iminent failure on HD... detected", please 
replace.

We had problems at Plan-Net with misbehaving HDs. One finally collapsed, 
and all those problems dissepeared. Hopefully, it was part of a 
(Linux-based software) raid device, so no problem. In between, we 
replaced the low-cost IDE controler with a better one. The performance 
increased by a factor of 2.5. Maybe you should purchase an external IDE 
controler, just to check if it solves the problem ? Such an investment 
is often a good idea...

But for sure, defenitely, if you want to avoid IDE trouble, go for SCSI...

Eric Dondelinger a écrit :

>Hi Al,
>
>On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Alex wrote:
>  
>
>>Since SuSE 8.2, I have trouble with the IDE drivers. If the kernel tries to
>>reach the drives, I got a message:
>>kernel: hdd:  packet command error: error =0x51 {Drive Ready SeekComplete
>>Error)
>>kernel:hdd: packet command error: error = 0x54
>>    
>>
>
>Hmm... and after several such messages, the whole bus gets resetted?
>I've seen the same sort of trouble on other machines, with other
>distros.
>I'd guess at a hardware problem - not sure if it's the controller,
>the drive, or simply the IDE cable.
>
>  
>
>>That slowss down the system!
>>    
>>
>
>Indeed...
>
>Go SCSI? :-)
>Seriously though, I don't have a decent solution for this.
>I hope you keep good backups?
>
>Greets Eric
>
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