Re: hda: DMA timeout error, is it a problem ?

On Monday 27 August 2007, debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> >> I think that the hard disk really has a hardware problem. I'm going to
> >> change it.
> >>
> >> Subject closed. ;-)
> >>
> >> Thank you for your help.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>    
> >
> > Another thing you could try before replacing the harddrive is replacing
> > the IDE cable. I once had strange disk error messages caused by a flaky
> > cable connection.
> >  
>
> Already done. This test changes nothing. ;-)

Can also be the power supply! I had to (temporarily) disconnect one of the CD drives to reduce the load. Not a single WD click-clack or DMA timeout since. Received on Mon Aug 27 09:00:49 2007