On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:40:22 -0500
Josh Trutwin
Hi list,
Recently put 8.1 on a used PIII 1Ghz box and have just had a crash. I noticed the following in my /var/log/messages file:
Aug 5 10:58:00 langly kernel: hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Aug 5 10:58:00 langly kernel: hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=18041498, sector=10490808 Aug 5 10:58:00 langly kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:46 (hdb), sector 10490808 Aug 5 10:58:06 langly kernel: hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
I just ran into this, it was caused by windows (probably running defrag, or maybe some virus). I had to completely zero out the harddrive, it will work again, at least it did for me. You need to write zeroes over the entire harddrive, including the boot sector. When will I learn not to run windows on the same disk as linux? -- I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.