Getting buch of error pertaining to /dev/hdc3 in /var/log/message

[Kunal Shah]

Hi All,

I am getting bunch of error mesg regarding /dev/hda3
in /var/log/message.

I don't understand what does it mean.

Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: ide: failed opcode was 100
Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel:   Error: Illegal request -- (Sense
key=0x05)
Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel:   Cannot read medium - incompatible
format -- (asc=0x30, ascq=0x02)
Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel:   The failed "Read Subchannel" packet
command was:
Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel:   "42 02 40 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 "
Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51
{ DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: ide: failed opcode was 100

Regards
Kunal

[David Hoffman]

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 20:59:39 -0500, Kunal Shah  wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am getting bunch of error mesg regarding /dev/hda3
> in /var/log/message.
>
> I don't understand what does it mean.
>
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: ide: failed opcode was 100
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel:   Error: Illegal request -- (Sense
> key=0x05)
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel:   Cannot read medium - incompatible
> format -- (asc=0x30, ascq=0x02)
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel:   The failed "Read Subchannel" packet
> command was:
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel:   "42 02 40 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 "
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51
> { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
> Feb  6 20:28:02 laptop kernel: ide: failed opcode was 100
>
> Regards
> Kunal

Is it possible that hdc is a CD/DVD drive and perhaps you have blank
media in the drive?