Re: ata: lost disk contact errors [was: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired!]

[Vallo Kallaste]

On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 12:57:04PM -0800, Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > I'm getting the "lost disk contact" messages every now and then, but
> > only on our mp3 machine with PIIX3 controller and IBM UDMA/66 disk. It's
> > an PPro machine with Intel mobo. Can it be related to newer IBM disks?
> 
> Depends on what 'now and then' is.  The Deskstar series of drives was not
> intended to run 24/7, and therefore shut themselves down every week to
> clean the heads.  

Mhm, now I remember the discussion in -current list some time ago. It
can be, yes, but I need to follow the logs to say for sure. About month
ago the messages appeared several times per day, not per week.
Thank you refreshing my memory :-)
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Vallo Kallaste
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