Re: ATA code is buggy and slower

2003-02-07 Thread Mark Evenson
Dong Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My 5.0R kernel complains about "READ timeout" and "resetting" when I > try to dd the disk. But everything *works* if I boot the same > equipment with 4.5R and 4.7R. It seems that the error can occur on any > sector I pick as long as I keep reading it inside a

Re: ATA code is buggy and slower

2003-02-06 Thread Soeren Schmidt
It seems Dong Lin wrote: > > My 5.0R kernel complains about "READ timeout" and "resetting" when I try > to dd the disk. But everything *works* if I boot the same equipment with > 4.5R and 4.7R. It seems that the error can occur on any sector I pick as > long as I keep reading it inside a loop,

Re: ATA code is buggy and slower

2003-02-06 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 13:44, Dong Lin wrote: > My 5.0R kernel complains about "READ timeout" and "resetting" when I try > to dd the disk. But everything *works* if I boot the same equipment with > 4.5R and 4.7R. It seems that the error can occur on any sector I pick as > long as I keep reading i

ATA code is buggy and slower

2003-02-06 Thread Dong Lin
My 5.0R kernel complains about "READ timeout" and "resetting" when I try to dd the disk. But everything *works* if I boot the same equipment with 4.5R and 4.7R. It seems that the error can occur on any sector I pick as long as I keep reading it inside a loop, a sign of timing problems. The 5.0