Hello, Robert de Rooy wrote: > Jun 7 21:10:28 localhost kernel: ata3: soft resetting port > Jun 7 21:10:28 localhost kernel: ata3: reset complete > Jun 7 21:10:28 localhost kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port > 0x00014107 > Jun 7 21:10:28 localhost kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port > 0x00014107 > Jun 7 21:10:28 localhost kernel: ata3.00: issuing IDENTIFY > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: ata3.00: IDENTIFY complete > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: ata3.00: CFA: Memory Card Adapter, > 20011212, max PIO1 > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: ata3.00: 253696 sectors, multi 0: LBA > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: ata3.00: issuing IDENTIFY > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: ata3.00: IDENTIFY complete > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: ata3.00: configured for PIO0 > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: ata3: EH complete > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access > ATA Memory Card Adap 2001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] 253696 512-byte > hardware sectors (130 MB) > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: > disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] 253696 512-byte > hardware sectors (130 MB) > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off > Jun 7 21:10:29 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: > disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA So, that made it go through detection okay. That's a good news. > Jun 7 21:10:59 localhost kernel: sdd:<3>ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 > SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > Jun 7 21:10:59 localhost kernel: ata3.00: cmd > 20/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in > Jun 7 21:10:59 localhost kernel: res > 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) But, read for partition table failed miserably and took the device offline completely. Whee... Cc'ing linux-ide and Mark Lord. The original thread is.. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/530099 Any ideas? -- tejun - 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