startup errors

['chris']

hi

I have SUSE 9.1 prof. and get each each time at startup following errors:

hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

knows someone why ?

[Mobeen_1]

Chris,
Check to see if the following link helps you

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Feb/0006.html

regards
Mobeen

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

What you do not state is whether or not the drive actually works.

It would seem that your diskette drive is quite dead. I'd check power and cable connectons on that. There appears to be something wrong with the hard disks as well.

Might want to check bios configuration and run disk check utilities on them.

Does the system boot?

SEP

['chris']

hi steven

diskette drive and linux system works well

I have Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB ATA/133 harddiscs

at other linux server with SUSE 8.2 (other hardware, but the same harddisc) I have this error as well:

hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: cache flushing failed. disable write back cacheing for journalled file systems
hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: cache flushing failed. disable write back cacheing for journalled file systems

greetings
chris

[dirk dierickx]

this is a known issue with (new) maxtor drives. their implementation of the cache does not follow the standard correctly.
the problem has been resolved with newer kernels, so if you can and know how to roll your own you can give that a try. although these errors are _non_ critical, meaning that they cause no harm and no data will be lost (beware, because sometimes a timeout can occur which could slow down the system for several seconds at random)