hd problems

[Vijay G.]

> if i run dmesg:
>
> i got the following eror:
> hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x20
> hda: DMA timeout retry
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
>
> want can i do against this. is dere any hd repair tool?
>
> thanks
>
What is your HDD model? Does it have 8Mb cache (mine has - ST3200822A) and I 
have the following line in /etc/rc.local

hdparm -W0 -u1 -c1 -a 8192 /dev/hde

My HDD in question is /dev/hde. The parameter -W0 disables the cached 
writebacks which linux kernel seems to have problem with (even upto version 
2.6.10-1.737_FC3).

Hope that helps.

VJ