Topic: Drive crashing out and killing SME6 Final

[Colin Paton]

Dec 18 04:27:40 vimes kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
Dec 18 04:27:51 vimes kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
Dec 18 04:27:51 vimes kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
Dec 18 04:27:51 vimes kernel: hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting
Dec 18 04:27:51 vimes kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Dec 18 04:27:51 vimes kernel:
Dec 18 04:27:51 vimes kernel: hda: drive not ready for command

Above is an error i get that stops my sme server running and locks it up. I am running and unpatched / unmodded install on a Dell Optilex GX1.  I think it may just be the disk getting ready to pack and go south for the winter ( 13Gb Fujitsu ).  Just wondering if anyone else has had the same and if changing the drive cured the problem.

Cheers and thanks for any response.

Colin P.

[Andy Parkinson]

What is the model number of the Fujistsu Drive? There are thousands and thousands of Fujitsu drives that have gone faulty in the last year.Usually 10 or 20 Gig drives. The fault is caused by a chip which goes faulty  as it gets hotter. Do a search on www.theregister.co.uk for Fujitsu and you will see all of the details.

Andy Parkinson

[Dennis Johansen]

Hi,

Whtch logfile did you look in?

/ Dennis

[Colin Paton]

that snippet was from the "messages" logfile.  The drive in question is a MPD3130AT so is not part of the Fujitsu fiasco, but I am getting some new drives in a few days to upgrade some other pc's so will try one of those drives and see how it goes.

[Ray Mitchell]

You could test your drive using the Drive Fitness Test (DFT) program from IBM/Hitachi, which will test most drives without overwriting existing data.
Download from
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Regs
Ray