AARRRGGHHH! (was Re: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA errors in security output)

[Louis LeBlanc]

On 09/02/04 08:56 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed:
> <SNIP>
> The ata controller(s) are, from the /var/run/dmesg.boot:
> 
> atapci0: <Intel ICH5 UDMA100 controller> port 0xffa0-0xffaf,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177,0x3f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 mem 0xfebffc00-0xfebfffff irq 18 at device 31.1 on pci0
> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> ata0: [MPSAFE]
> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
> ata1: [MPSAFE]
> atapci1: <Intel ICH5 SATA150 controller> port 0xfea0-0xfeaf,0xfe30-0xfe33,0xfe20-0xfe27,0xfe10-0xfe13,0xfe00-0xfe07 irq 18 at device 31.2 on pci0
> atapci1: [MPSAFE]
> ata2: at 0xfe00 on atapci1
> ata2: [MPSAFE]
> ata3: at 0xfe20 on atapci1
> ata3: [MPSAFE]
> 
> I *think* it's an Intel MB, but I don't know which one.  The machine
> is a Dell Dimension 8300 if that helps, and the drive is 160 Gig.
> 
> atacontrol gives the following info:
> # atacontrol info 0 
> Master:      no device present
> Slave:       no device present
> # atacontrol info 1
> Master: acd0 <HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8162B/0015> ATA/ATAPI rev 5
> Slave:  acd1 <HL-DT-ST GCE-8483B/B105> ATA/ATAPI rev 0
> # atacontrol info 2
> Master:  ad4 <WDC WD1600JD-75HBB0/08.02D08> ATA/ATAPI rev 6
> Slave:       no device present
> # atacontrol info 3
> Master:      no device present
> Slave:       no device present
> 
> Looks like I only have to hit channel 2 for now.
> 
> More detail on the disk:
> # atacontrol cap 2 0
> ATA channel 2, Master, device ad4:
> 
> ATA/ATAPI revision    6
> device model          WDC WD1600JD-75HBB0
> serial number         WD-WMAL91191824
> firmware revision     08.02D08
> cylinders             16383
> heads                 16
> sectors/track         63
> lba supported         268435455 sectors
> lba48 supported         312500000 sectors
> dma supported
> overlap not supported
> 
> Feature                      Support  Enable    Value   Vendor
> write cache                    yes      yes
> read ahead                     yes      yes
> dma queued                     no       no      0/0x00
> SMART                          yes      yes
> microcode download             yes      yes
> security                       no       no
> power management               yes      yes
> advanced power management      no       no      0/0x00
> automatic acoustic management  yes      no      128/0x80 128/0x80

> <SNIP>

> Should I restart with this script, or just try the change without
> rebooting?  As I interpret this, the command I should use is 
> 
> /sbin/atacontrol mode 2 pio4 xxx

Just for the record, that was definitely the wrong command.

Had to boot to another kernel again.  Lots of corruption on the root
partition.

Lou
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