[WBEL-users] Re: Hard disk error message

[Erick Perez]

I have found after a few google hours, that there is a problem with the VIA 
chipset included in my motherboard and that I should use the noapic kernel 
parameter in order to avoid the problem. Everything seems realted to
the 2.4kernel series.
 I will keep posting more info if i find anything new. Will try the noapic 
later this afternoon and report back.
  Here is more info about my board.

[root at mail etc]# hdparm -i /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

Model=Maxtor 91531U3, FwRev=FA520S60, SerialNo=G3HA0YDC
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=512kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=30015216
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4
AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17:

* signifies the current active mode

[root at mail etc]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0259
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 1259
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 2259
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3259
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4259
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7259
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 
78)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 
78)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID 
Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800 
South]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro 
VGA Adapter (rev 02)

 On 8/16/05, Erick Perez <eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> Hi there, the following errors are being displayed on a brand new 
> motherboard with 1 brand new SATA drive. The computer is running WB respin 2 
> (rhel3)
>  The computer has been running for 3 weeks before this message started to 
> appear.
>  hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x24 
> hda: DMA interrut recovery
> hda: lost interrupt
>  When the errors start to appear, the machine halts and i have to hard 
> reset because it does not respond even to local console.
>  what does that mean?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
>  



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Erick Perez
Linux User 376588
http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!)
Panama, Republic of Panama
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