Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756742AbXJJPuu (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:50:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755620AbXJJPuj (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:50:39 -0400 Received: from rrcs-64-183-102-10.west.biz.rr.com ([64.183.102.10]:37535 "EHLO jg555.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755650AbXJJPuj (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:50:39 -0400 Message-ID: <470CF4C4.7030509@jg555.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:50:28 -0700 From: Jim Gifford User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Hancock CC: Kernel Subject: Re: Nvidia SATA - Seagate SATA Drives References: <470C6949.5050806@shaw.ca> <470CE2F9.8020206@jg555.com> <470CEC25.1040209@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <470CEC25.1040209@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2592 Lines: 48 Robert Hancock wrote: > Jim Gifford wrote: >> Robert Hancock wrote: >>> Jim Gifford wrote: >>>> Here's the situation. I have a MSI KN8Neo-f motherboard with a >>>> Seagate Barracuda 250 GB SATA drive. I have replaced this drive >>>> three times in the last two weeks due to it failing. Now the only >>>> thing in common is the use of a 2.6.22.9 kernel I built from >>>> scratch, before that I was using 2.6.19 kernel but working on doing >>>> some upgrades for the CLFS project and tried a 2.6.22.9. I will >>>> explain the situation and including the links I used for fix the >>>> issues. >>>> >>>> It boots up and instantly has a problem detecting so I have to add >>>> irqpoll to my bootup line. {Reference >>>> http://my.opera.com/snowburn/blog/index.dml/tag/failed%20to%20set%20xfermode} >>>> Then I get the adma issue, so I add sata_nv.adma=0 to my bootup >>>> line.{Reference >>>> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0706.1/1424.html} >>>> >>>> Now after a few times of booting the drive completely fails. So is >>>> the nv_sata drive the cause?? Based on what I have done yes, and >>>> the reason I can say that is because I took another one of those >>>> drives and the same computer loaded Windows(forgive me for using >>>> this word!!!) on it and it worked perfectly. >>> >>> You'll have to be more specific about "completely fails".. Also, it >>> would be useful to get the dmesg output from dmesg directly and not >>> from syslog, as the entries posted under the second link you gave >>> were missing some critical information (it seems that syslog can do >>> this in some cases..) In particular the line showing what command >>> failed would be useful. >> It never gets into the system at all, just locks up. The hard drive >> starts clicking and eventually doesn't get recognized by BIOS. > > That doesn't sound like a kernel problem if it's not even recognized > by the BIOS, there's nothing the kernel should be able to do that > could cause that. Sounds more like a hardware issue. If the drive has > been replaced before then it could be a power supply or temperature > problem? I thought that also, just tried a new power supply, same problem. I can recreate this problem within minutes with a new drive. Got 2 more drives left in this batch. Temperature is in the low range of the specs. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/