I get those on almost all my boxes. they seem harmless. On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:23:40AM -0500, Kyrath. (AKA Rob) wrote: > Hi all, > I did a little research and managed to figure out jumper manipulation. And I am pleased to say that I was successful in switching my hd from a slave to a master, and to get linux to identify both of the cd drives at the same time. > > If nothing else, undertaking this project to convert an old pc to a linux box has taught me quite a bit about hardware. *grin* > > The only thing I'm still uncertain about is the word "error" in reference to hda, during the bootup sequence. Below is the a copy of the output that refers to hda. > ********************** > > hda: attached ide-disk driver. > hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > hda: 10018890 sectors (5130 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=623/255/63, UDMA(33) > > -- Rob > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.