> I recently installed a new disk on the same computer. This one is a Hitchi > HDS721616PLAT80. > > When this disk is connected to the ICH5 controller, the following error > lines appear on boot: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0 Your new drive rejected a SMART command. It was asked (by user space I suspect - ie smartd) to do some kind of smart operation and reported 51/04 - which is basically 'I do not know/support the command you have asked me to perform) - amd opcode 0xB0 is smart. > The drive is working perfectly. I even verified it with a tool provided by > the manufacturer. SMART also does not report any error . > The same disk gives no error whatsoever when connected to a ITE8212 IDE > Controler present on the same computer. The IT8212 with raid firmware doesn't support SMART so any smart configuration funnies would be hidden Alan - 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