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Debian: ata1 command 0x35 timeout

Hello

Getting this error when trying to restart, switch to terminal, shutdown or do anything in terminal:

ata1:command 0x35 timeout, stat 0x50 host_stat 0x4

Before that I get a whole bunch of other errors like IRQ 217 nobody cares and other errors.

I am using a SATA hard disk in native mode

Kind Regards

Daniel

bryanford

sounds like the hard disk is crap... probably a western digital right?

try using a different sata disk if you got another one and see how that goes.

dcarrion

ASKER

I don't think it is the hard disk as i did a scan on it and it seems okay. The smart monitor in the bios isn't picking up any errors on it either.

dcarrion

ASKER

Oh yes something else important i forgot to mention.

I am running Debian Sarge 3.1 r1 with Kernel 2.6.8-3

It does not have that problem when runing Kernel 2.4.7~

slow1000

You should update to a newer kernel if you are using 2.6, since the SATA support has been enhanced since 2.6.8 came out.

dcarrion

ASKER

I would rather use a kernel that is noted as stable in the distribution. Any other ideas? It seems to work fine in Kernel 2.4

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dcarrion

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Okay I will migrate to 2.6.16.9 and will let you now how it goes.

dcarrion

ASKER

Okay reinstall debian with manual package selection.
Installed Kernel 2.6.16.
Works Fine

Thanks slow1000

dcarrion

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actually one problem...I can no longer eject or unmount my CDROM drive. it is saying it's always busy.

slow1000

Hmm, I don't know about the cdrom drive. Try using fuser to see if a file is open.

e.g. /usr/sbin/fuser /mnt/cdrom