[oclug] Hard Drive Activity

[Gorm Jensen]

Correction to the previous message: both log extracts are from after the
installation of the new kernel.  I think the transition point may have been
my edit of the fstab.

Initially the first two partitions of the disk were W95, and hda5,6,7 are
the original Linux paritions. I created three partitions in the old W95 area
for the new kernel. Here is the fstab:
/dev/hda1    /                  ext2       defaults              1 1
/dev/hda3    /usr              ext2      defaults               1 2
/dev/hda4    /var              ext2      defaults               1 2
/dev/hda5    /mnt/oldsys  ext2       noauto                1 1
/dev/hda6    /mnt/work    ext2       noauto                1 2
/dev/hda7    swap            swap     defaults               0 0
/dev/hdb      /mnt/cdrom   iso9660 owner,noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/scd0    /mnt/cdrw     iso9660 owner,noauto      0 0
/dev/sda1    /mnt/zip         ext2       noauto,sync
/dev/sda4    /mnt/zipdos   vfat        noauto,mode=0777
/dev/fd0      /mnt/floppy   ext2       noauto,owner      0 0
none           /proc            proc       defaults               0 0
#none         /dev/pts        devpts gid=5,mode=620   0 0

cfdisk lists hda1,3,4 as primary and 5,6,7 as logical, so I assume that the
hda2 in the message listing below refers to the extended partition.

During the edit, I copied one line from near the bottom and inserted it in
numerical order to make the list more readable. I don't remember which line
it was.  :(

Can the problem be fixed with a simple edit?  Or must I return to square one
and start a new install?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gorm Jensen" <Gorm.Jensen at magma.ca>
To: "oclug" <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: [oclug] Hard Drive Activity


> 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?