-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/21/08 03:50, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Hi all, > Hopefully an easy question. I have a dodgy 2nd hard disk which I can't > remove for the moment. On bootup I get a million error messages like this: > device hdb1, logical block 1 > hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=65, high=0, > low=65, sector=65 > ide: failed opcode was: unknown > end_request: I/O error, dev hdb, sector 65 > Buffer I/O error on device hdb1, logical block 2 > hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=65, high=0, > low=65, sector=63 > ide: failed opcode was: unknown > end_request: I/O error, dev hdb, sector 63 > > Eventually bootup gets through this but now booting takes about 15 minutes. > Is there anything in the startup routine that I can alter so that the > system ignores /dev/hdb? > /dev/hda is fine and that's where my system resides. I tried disabling the > 2nd hard disk from the bios but that didn't seem to have any effect.
In /etc/fstab, try adding noauto to /dev/hdbX's field #4. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIDIFpS9HxQb37XmcRAlz8AKCw4fD8NQgjrEUiFujhCBe3U6xtlwCdECFi C1D1DZu2GgVIP3RZot966DQ= =Vbd7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]