What kind of IDE cable are you using (40 or 80-conductor)? You might try a new cable. Do you know which UDMA mode the ata driver is running in? Have you tried turning off DMA and/or write-caching? (I think you can use sysctl to do this.)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Beech Rintoul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 3:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Drive Resetting > > > I just installed a new maxtor drive on a 200Mhz Compaq > Deskpro running 5.0 setup went normally (no errors) fsck > showed no errors. However, I am now getting the following > under heavy disk activity: > > Feb 18 12:32:46 stargate kernel: ad2: WRITE command timeout > tag=0 serv=0 - reset ting Feb 18 12:32:46 stargate kernel: > ata1: resetting devices .. Feb 18 12:32:46 stargate kernel: done > > Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? Its happens > frequently, especially during compiles. > > Beech > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Beech Rintoul - Network Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications > \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | > X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99518-1841 > No More Spam! http://www.knockmail.com/default.asp?AID=B0R00073 > / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
