From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932168AbWGaGQr (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:16:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932436AbWGaGQq (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:16:46 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.177]:19295 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932168AbWGaGQp (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:16:45 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Pzd6VGI8ascXyBLZqA+4XCW5ubGKQbWhQ5d63ZJk8GWbpzvEg14dp2lv7NNuQxr0dL2hB1O9hMQ1bvq0/Fz7qoBFarBO0FD8pzRB6l1hleGgKUNfuFoYCIRU8dc/2wK+LchmNtBnod1RPCP6wuCcuWj/I/ku8lHxpwo6vM1ShgI= Message-ID: <3b2bc9d0607302316s68734797r212e0a422ed26a50@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:16:43 +0200 From: "marco gaddoni" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Fwd: PROBLEM: ide messages during boot caused by a strange partition table In-Reply-To: <3b2bc9d0607302313p637ce780sf98b1727213bd6a2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3b2bc9d0607302313p637ce780sf98b1727213bd6a2@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [1.] One line summary of the problem: ide messages during boot caused by a strange partition table [2.] Full description of the problem/report: hello, i tried to install over an old win95 partition a dos6.2. it mangled badly the partition table and now linux during the boot spews a lot of message like hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: task_in_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=1052835654, high=62, low=12648262, sector=1052835654 ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: task_in_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=1052835654, high=62, low=12648262, sector=1052835654 ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: task_in_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=1052835654, high=62, low=12648262, sector=1052835654 ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: task_in_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=1052835654, high=62, low=12648262, sector=1052835654 ide: failed opcode was: unknown ide0: reset: success after about 1 minute of printing these error messages the kernel "give up" and boot correctly. the partition table is Password: Disk /dev/hda: 9733 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 0+ 1134 1135- 9116856 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) end: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (110,254,63) /dev/hda2 1024 65535 64512 518192640 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (0,0,1) /dev/hda3 1135 1274 140 1124550 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda4 3858 9732 5875 47190937+ 83 Linux /dev/hda5 1024+ 65535 64512- 518192608+ b W95 FAT32 start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (0,1,1) btw: any idea on how to recover my old partitions? [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): partition table, ide [4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): Linux version 2.6.17.4 (gaddo@gaddo.sve.com) (gcc version 4.0.4 20060507 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.3-3)) #1 Fri Jul 7 16:19:10 CEST 2006 [5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt) see above [6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the problem (if possible) [7.] Environment [7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here) gaddo@gaddo:~/src/linux-2.6.17.4$ sh scripts/ver_linux If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. Linux gaddo.sve.com 2.6.17.4 #1 Fri Jul 7 16:19:10 CEST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux Gnu C 4.0.4 Gnu make 3.81 binutils 2.17 util-linux 2.12r mount 2.12r module-init-tools 3.2.2 e2fsprogs 1.39 Linux C Library 2.3.6 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.6 Procps 3.2.7 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 5.96 udev 093 Modules Loaded ipv6 nfsd exportfs nfs lockd sunrpc deflate zlib_deflate twofish serpent blowfish des sha256 sha1 crypto_null af_key dm_mod w83627hf hwmon_vid eeprom i2c_isa ide_generic shpchp pci_hotplug ide_cd cdrom bt878 ide_disk i810_audio ac97_codec generic tvaudio mousedev tsdev bttv video_buf firmware_class ir_common snd_intel8x0 compat_ioctl32 i2c_algo_bit piix 8139cp 8139too e100 i2c_i801 snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus v4l2_common btcx_risc tveeprom videodev floppy rtc ide_core parport_pc parport mii i2c_core intel_agp agpgart evdev psmouse pcspkr snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore ehci_hcd uhci_hcd serio_raw snd_page_alloc usbcore ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod ata_piix libata scsi_mod unix [7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): [7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): [7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) [7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) [7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) [7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem (please look in /proc and include all information that you think to be relevant): [X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: