linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.20.7

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Message-ID: <462B5D28.2000901@rtr.ca>
Date:	Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:03:36 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	Sunil Naidu <akula2.shark@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.20.7 - Hard Disk rumbling?

Sunil Naidu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am facing a strange problems with an old 1.2 GHz P-III machine with
> a 10 GB disk (used as a dedicated web server, later retired out of
> service!).
> 
> Out of interest to implement some wireless solution (experiment), I
> did compile 2.6.20.7 for my requirement. Strangely, I did observe:-
> 
> hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
> 
> What might be the problem?
> 
> ~Akula2

Opcode 0xb0 is "WIN_SMART".
Error 0x04 is "command aborted/rejected/unsupported".

Something on your system is issuing S.M.A.R.T. commands from userspace
to the drive, and the drive either (1) doesn't support S.M.A.R.T.,
or (2) currently does not have S.M.A.R.T. enabled (smartctl -s on /dev/hda).

The "smartmontools" package is what normally issues these commands.
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