Hi! I'm getting the following error on a system with a Promise SATAII150 TX2plus Controller: Sep 4 15:15:26 server kernel: ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xff/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 Sep 4 15:15:26 server kernel: ata1: status=0xff { Busy } Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: ata1: command timeout Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xff/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: ata1: status=0xff { Busy } Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: sdb: Current: sense key: Aborted Command Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: Additional sense: Scsi parity error Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: Info fld=0xfffffff Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 839 Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 388 Sep 4 15:15:56 server kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Sep 4 15:16:26 server kernel: ata1: command timeout I had no problem formatting the drive, but the error showes up short after issueing mkfs.ext3 on the one partition I created over the whole disk. mkfs then hangs and those messages repeat with increasing sector and block number. Attached to the controller is a external 500G Seagate HD (ST3500641AS) connected via eSATA. As I've tested with different HDs (of the same type), I think it's not a defective drive. Kernels I've tested so far: 2.6.16.19 and 2.6.17.11 Any ideas what is goping wrong? If you need more information or want me to do any tests I'll do my best to serve your requests. thanks in advance, Moritz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * bee Baastrup EDV-Entwicklung GmbH Moritz Rempel || * * * * Schwanenwall 40 m.rempel@xxxxxx ||\\ //\\ //\\ 44135 Dortmund / Germany http://www.bee.de ||// \\-' \\-' fon: +49 (0)0231 58719-0 Softwareentwicklung & * * * * fax: +49 (0)0231 58719-50 System-Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html