From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 9 13:37:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tranquility.net (usr2-ppp37.tranquility.net [206.156.230.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C36C37B828 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 13:37:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ishmael@tranquility.net) Received: from localhost (ishmael@localhost) by tranquility.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA00837 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:38:53 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ishmael@tranquility.net) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:38:53 -0600 (CST) From: Ishmael To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ata driver errors Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i keep getting the following error message upon boot: ad0: READ command timeout - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done (repeat 2x) ata0-master: WARNING: WAIT_REDY active=ATA_ACTIVE_ATA ad0: trying fallback to PIO mode ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: HARD READ ERROR blk# 7887680 status=59 error40 i run 4.0-current (just upgraded this week from 3.4-stable) now this has only started within the last day whenever i boot. i didnt get these errors while running 4.0 for 3 or 4 days. whats this error mean and how can i rectify it? and does it do damage or anything by setting the mode to dma (from pio) after booting? hardware specs: p2-350 96 MB ram PIIX ata controller 9.6 GB quantum bigfoot hd Jeremy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message