Hello Everyone, I'm running Fedora 8 and my system freezes (for about 20 to 40 seconds) a couple of times a day. When it does I see this on /var/log/messages: ------------------------------- cut here ------------------------------------- kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen kernel: ata3.00: cmd ca/00:50:67:85:03/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 40960 out kernel: res 40/00:00:76:6c:03/84:00:10:00:00/e0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY } kernel: ata3: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0) kernel: ata3: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset kernel: ata3: soft resetting link kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/33 kernel: ata3: EH complete kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 321672960 512-byte hardware sectors (164697 MB) kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA ------------------------------- cut here ------------------------------------- /dev/sdc is my main drive. The only thing I can think of...is that this drive is actually a PATA drive connected to the SATA controller on MoBo thru a "SATA-TO-IDE Adapter" that I connect on the drive. Perhaps the converter is faulty...or could this be a known issue with libata? Anyone had same problem? Thanks, Jorge -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list