From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 20 08:14:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA21678 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:14:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from revolution.3-cities.com (msmith@revolution.3-cities.com [204.203.224.155]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA21665 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:14:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by revolution.3-cities.com (8.7.4/8.7.3) id IAA02616; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:13:33 -0800 (PST) From: Mark D Smith Message-Id: <199703201613.IAA02616@revolution.3-cities.com> Subject: Re: wd1 timeout To: andrew@ugh.net.au (Andrew) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:13:32 -0800 (PST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Andrew" at Mar 20, 97 10:44:28 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I get the following mesage when trying to boot: > > wd1: interrupt timeout: > wd1:status 50 error 0 > wd1: interrupt timeout > wd1: status 50 error 1 > > Presumably this means my second IDE drive is timing out...in what way? Is > this a cable problem? I just got a new cable a few days ago althought the > errors didnt start until today. Did you add new hardware or change hardware like a CDROM? This is EXACTLY what happened to me last night when I changed out my old Toshiba 3401 CDROM for a Plextor 12X. It appears that the plextor sucks more power than the toshiba (in my case) and when they were on the same power feed from the supply, the HDD would time out. So, try making sure that wd1 is the only device on that internal power plug. As for the meaning of the errors, I ain't got a clue but I would DEFINATLY NOT use that drive until you're sure it's fixed. Mark