Re: DMA HDD Errors after installing Sarge from scratch

On Thursday 09 June 2005 11:50 am, bdk wrote:
> Just installed Sarge and am getting an error that I never got w/ Woody:
> (/var/log/syslog)
> Jun 9 08:09:49 osok kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun 9 08:09:49 osok kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Jun 9 08:09:49 osok kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun 9 08:09:49 osok kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Jun 9 08:09:49 osok kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun 9 08:09:49 osok kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Jun 9 08:09:50 osok kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Jun 9 08:09:50 osok kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Jun 9 08:09:50 osok kernel: blk: queue e0825b60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask
> 0xffffffff)
> Jun 9 08:09:50 osok kernel: hdb: DMA disabled
> Jun 9 08:09:50 osok kernel: ide0: reset: success
>
>
> hdparm stats:
>
> osok:/home/bdk# hdparm -i -t -v /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
> multcount = 16 (on)
> IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 14593/255/63, sectors = 234441648, start = 0
>
> Model=ST3120026A, FwRev=8.01, SerialNo=5JT4ZC6P
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=234441648
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,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 udma5
> AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
> Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2:
>
> * signifies the current active mode
>
> Timing buffered disk reads: 130 MB in 3.02 seconds = 43.05 MB/sec
> osok:/home/bdk#
>
>
> I can turn DMA on and get a little better speed and less of the dma_intr
> error messages, but that doesn't fix it. From what I've read about this
> error msg it has something to do with a kernel option. I went to
> recompile last night and the DMA options were set to load as a module, so
> I'm at a loss of where to get this fixed at. I initially had an older 40gb
> Western Digital drive in there and thought that that was the problem. Went
> and bought a new Seagate last night and it is still doing the same thing.
>
> It's an older ABIT m/b KT7 w/ an 800mhz Duron. I'm using the 80 wire ATA
> cable, /dev/hdb is another WD 40gb hdd. The 40gb worked under Woody just
> fine for years, now with Sarge I'm getting the error messages.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Sean
>
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The last time I saw errors like that, the 2.2.x kernel series had a problem in
their IDE drivers with certain IBM hard drives.

My guess is either another, similar problem has cropped up, or your drive is
dying.

Do you have a different drive you can try out with the box? Maybe try the
drive with an older/differrent kernel?

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