From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757751AbXLQR14 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:27:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753676AbXLQR1r (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:27:47 -0500 Received: from powered.by.stone-is.net ([87.238.163.201]:52440 "EHLO vps.dupondje.be" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753126AbXLQR1q (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:27:46 -0500 Message-ID: <4766B151.6080406@dupondje.be> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:26:41 +0100 From: Jean-Louis Dupond User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Freemyer CC: Andrew Morton , Zsolt Barat , lkml , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ATA bus error with external hd on esata References: <47642D9A.4080600@softmonsters.com> <476434C7.6040307@softmonsters.com> <20071217025321.2f7507db.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <87f94c370712170909y691dc2e3rf7f23c64eff8da22@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87f94c370712170909y691dc2e3rf7f23c64eff8da22@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Greg Freemyer schreef: > On Dec 17, 2007 5:53 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: > >> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:10:47 +0100 Zsolt Barat wrote: >> >> >>> Zsolt Barat schrieb: >>> >>>> hi list, >>>> >> Let's cc the IDE development list. >> >> >>>> i just bought a "MyBook" called external HD with a fixed enclosure, from >>>> WD. Connected to the SATA port i constantly get "ATA bus error" messages >>>> in the kernel log. Is this a known issue? >>>> >>>> > > As an FYI: I've had a lot of problems with the big prepackaged drives > in the last 6 months even from Windows, so I would not be too quick to > blame Linux. > > ie. > I bought several 500GB / 1000GB Buffalo Drives last month with plans > to use them from Windows via USB. > > I attempted to do a lot of heavy file copying to/from them. I was > getting a bunch of "Delayed Write Failures", > > I finally gave up. > > The 500GB drives had a single hard drive internally, so I opened the > case, removed the drive and connected them via standalone external > carriers I had around. In that mode the drives worked fine (from > Windows). I've used both standalone eSata external carriers and > standalone USB external carriers with these same physical drives with > no issues. > > My conclusion is that the electronics in the prepackaged external > units is just not up to the job if your doing heavy i/o. > > Greg > Could u check the temps of the disk ? I had that error in windows also with to hot disks ! If temp is >50°C I would start to worry :)