From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261244AbUBVXmV (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:42:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261240AbUBVXmV (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:42:21 -0500 Received: from s2.ukfsn.org ([217.158.120.143]:14284 "EHLO mail.ukfsn.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261244AbUBVXmT (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:42:19 -0500 To: david+challenge-response@blue-labs.org Subject: Re: SONY SMO-F551, non-functional for a loong time :) X-Newsgroups: chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel In-Reply-To: <403939D4.9020804@blue-labs.org> Organization: Invalid argument Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: From: Steve McIntyre Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:42:14 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David Ford writes: >For the last couple of years, this MO drive (I have several) has been >unusable. It used to lock up the machine if I had a disc inside it when >I booted, but that was late in 2.5, and now with 2.6.3, it no longer >hangs the machine, however, it's still not usable. > >I'd love to get this bugger working, I used to use it a long long time >ago in 2.4 kernels. Any suggestions? You've got hardware problems, either media or drive: >sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: >Current : sense key Hardware Error >ASC=40 ASCQ=86 Key/code/qual 4/40/86 is (IIRC) Read Channel Calibration Failure, which means either the drive hardware is failing or (more likely) the disk loaded is buggered and the drive can't read it any more. Try another disk... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code is in use on a military site..." -- Simon Booth