Saw a reply to your original question, and I wanted to send in my $.02
worth. Those log entries basically mean:
"You have an IDE drive with no DMA support,
reset function works properly, and the drive
is capable of giving the messages 'DriveReady',
'DeviceFault', and 'SeekComplete' to report
the active status of the drive."
I missed your original posting, so I don't have your e-mail address to
inquire directly. I am assuming that those messages were generated at
boot-time in reference to an ATAPI CD-ROM drive. If that is the case,
those messages are normal.
In Samuli's case, similar messages meant a problem with a Western
Digital hard drive which could mean something is seriously wrong. If
the first drive on your second controller is a hard drive (NOT a CD-ROM
or floppy/removable ATAPI) then you may have a problem.
If the messages are boot-time only and don't affect normal operation,
they're generally nothing to worry about, probably even expected for
ATAPI removable type media.
Brian
Samuli Kaski wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Pablo Bianucci wrote:
>
> > Nov 21 22:12:51 atomic kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0xf0 { Busy }
> > Nov 21 22:12:51 atomic kernel: hdc: DMA disabled
> > Nov 21 22:12:51 atomic kernel: ide1: reset: success
> > Nov 21 22:12:51 atomic kernel: hdc: write_intr: status=0x70 { DriveReady
> > DeviceFault SeekComplete }
> > Nov 21 22:12:51 atomic kernel: ide1: reset: success
> > Nov 21 22:12:51 atomic kernel: hdc: recal_intr: status=0xff { Busy }
>
> I Had the same errors a year or so ago on my WDC31600H if running MODE4.
> Setting the BIOS to AUTO or MODE3 fixed the problem in my case. This is
> because of different manifactures claimed of supporting MODE4 before
> they really had torture tested it. The newer the drive, the more
> propable it is that it really supports MODE4. Your mileage may vary
> though. mlord prolly knows more about this issue.
>
> --
> Samuli Kaski, samkaski@cs.helsinki.fi
> Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland.