wierd problem involving the command make install

[Vulpes Velox]

On Thu, 1 May 2003 22:31:16 -0700
Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:

> On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 12:39:58AM -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote:
> 
> > In the last few days when I use the command 'make install' I get the
> > following error message...
> > 
> > ad1: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
> > ata0: resetting devices .. ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
> > done
> > 
> > 
> > ...the drive appears to be working fine and I have managed to cat
> > and cp large chunks of both file systems with out problems. The only
> thing I have managed to come up with is a possible virus or something
> is major misconfigured. Any one have any ideas one this.
> 
> The drive is timing out in response to a read command.  It's most
> likely to either be marginal hardware or a low-quality IDE controller.
> If it really bothers you, try replacing the hardware.

Cool, thanks for the info. I think I am going to try putting the drive in
another box and see what happens.

-VV