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On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, perl wrote:

> Hi, I was wondering if someone has changed the timeout in the wd driver so
> that
> Nov  3 17:06:17 netmug /kernel: wd2: interrupt timeout:
> Nov  3 17:06:17 netmug /kernel: wd2: status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 1<no_dam>
> is less common.

  It is hardware problem.  Fix the hardware so it
responds faster, and the warning message will disapear.

> Or is there a way to keep that from happening?  What causes that error?
> An IDE timeout, right?

  You can lengthen the timeout, but this would just hide the problem.
Your drive is taking a bit too long to respond.

> Thanks,
> 
> Michael




Tom
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