On 26.06.2010 06:07, Robert Hancock wrote: > PATA doesn't normally use hard-resets as a means of error recovery - > that would mean hitting the RESET line, which I don't think most > controllers can do on software command Alright, no worries. I'll try to address the problem from the hardware side then: cables, drives, etc. Thanks. Ortwin -- 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