kernel error message: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84...

HadroLepton · #1 11th January 2005, 09:53 AM

in my logwatch mail for root i am getting these messages, they also appear in dmesg

Quote:

--------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------

WARNING: Kernel Errors Present
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStat...: 72 Time(s)
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }...: 72 Time(s)

---------------------- Kernel End -------------------------

<snip>

Jan 10 04:04:47 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Jan 10 04:04:47 hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
(these two lines are repeated many times, with timestamps jumping between 5 minutes and hours)

what do they mean? the harddisk seems to be working fine. at least linux is obviously still running on hda2
here is information about my harrdisk
only hda2 is mounted

Code:

# fdisk -l
 
Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
 
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1         510     4096543+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2             511        1020     4096575   83  Linux
/dev/hda3            1021        3648    21109410    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)