[KLUG Members] Re: RH7.2 and abnormal termination during install

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 22:34, Robert Pfeiffer wrote:
> hda: recal_intr: status = 0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
>   and a truck load of similar messages about hda with wording about 
> errors flashing by. :(
> Tons of ide0: reset.
> I'm no expert, but the errors list look like they could be back no?
> Hard driver shot?

No, general Linux ATA/IDE DMA driver incompatibilities/issues with the
chipset and hard drive.  What IDE controller (or mainboard chipset) and
hard drive?

> Funny machine was fine with rh6.1?

Probably because the hard drive was running in PIO (programmed I/O) mode
instead of DMA (direct memory access) by default in the RedHat 6.1
kernel.

Try forcing PIO in the beginning of your /etc/rc.sysinit script with:
   /sbin/hdparm -d0 -u0 /dev/hdX (where X is = { a, b, c, ... })

-- Bryan

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