Jean-Louis Dupond schrieb: > Greg Freemyer schreef: > > 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 > > > Could u check the temps of the disk ? I had that error in windows also with to > hot disks ! If temp is >50°C I would start to worry :) > hi, thanks for your answer. i can't check the temps via software tools, but i doubt it's the temperature, since it seems to have a fan inbuilt into the case. best regards zsolt - 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
