On Dec 17, 2007 5:53 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:10:47 +0100 Zsolt Barat <zsolt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Zsolt Barat schrieb: > > > hi list, > > Let's cc the IDE development list. > > > > i just bought a "MyBook" called external HD with a fixed enclosure, from > > > WD. Connected to the SATA port i constantly get "ATA bus error" messages > > > in the kernel log. Is this a known issue? > > > As an FYI: I've had a lot of problems with the big prepackaged drives in the last 6 months even from Windows, so I would not be too quick to blame Linux. ie. I bought several 500GB / 1000GB Buffalo Drives last month with plans to use them from Windows via USB. I attempted to do a lot of heavy file copying to/from them. I was getting a bunch of "Delayed Write Failures", I finally gave up. The 500GB drives had a single hard drive internally, so I opened the case, removed the drive and connected them via standalone external carriers I had around. In that mode the drives worked fine (from Windows). I've used both standalone eSata external carriers and standalone USB external carriers with these same physical drives with no issues. My conclusion is that the electronics in the prepackaged external units is just not up to the job if your doing heavy i/o. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com - 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
