[oclug] Hard Drive Activity

[bbarnett at l8r.net]

On 07-Mar-2001 Gorm Jensen wrote:
> After booting the newly-installed kernel 2.2.18, the hard disk active light
> remained illuminated continuously.  Extracts from the message log before and
> after the install are separated by the dashed line: =>
> 
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 > hda3 hda4
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
># -------------------------------------#
> Partition check:
>  hda:hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> hda: DMA disabled
> hda: drive not ready for command
> ide0: reset: success
>  hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 > hda3 hda4
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> 
> When I boot from a rescue disk, the disk activity light extinguishes as
> usual, so I assume there is no hardware problem.
> 
> Ideas?
> 

1) was your previous kernel older?  If so, try it again and see if it fixes the
problem.  If you used the same .config file (and did make oldconfig with it)
then its probably a bug in the new kernel.

2) alternatively, try a newer kernel.. or look at the changelog of a newer
kernel, and see if your IDE chip's driver had a bug with it




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