Any ideas on what would cause these errors? http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/file/68ac6248e71b/drivers/ata/sata_via.c dmesg SCSI subsystem initialized libata version 2.00 loaded. sata_via 0000:01:00.0: version 2.0 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 sata_via 0000:01:00.0: routed to hard irq line 10 ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xDC00 ctl 0xDC0A bmdma 0xD400 irq 21 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD880 ctl 0xD88A bmdma 0xD408 irq 21 scsi0 : sata_via ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xDC07 scsi1 : sata_via ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs) ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD887 ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD887 ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD887 ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD887 ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD887 ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD887 ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) ata2.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 625142448 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) ata2.00: limiting speed to PIO0 ata2: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) ata2.00: disabled uname -r 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6xen Thanks, Ray (please cc me directly on reply) - 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