On Mar 06, 2002 23:43 -0500, Tom Diehl wrote: > Going back in the last log that got rotated I also found this: > > Mar 6 04:36:10 kanga kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA > Mar 6 04:36:10 kanga kernel: ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14 > Mar 6 04:36:10 kanga kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } > Mar 6 04:36:10 kanga kernel: hdd: DMA disabled > Mar 6 04:36:10 kanga kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command > Mar 6 04:36:11 kanga kernel: ide1: reset: success > > I realize that this is not what you asked for above. I am just wondering > if it provides any clues as to what is going on? This is an error with your hard drive (DMA error probably caused by incomplete code for your chipset under Linux). You may be able to fix this by using Andre Hedrick's IDE patch (or use a recent -ac kernel). Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert