Haiml, Markus wrote:
I get a "status=0x51 / error=0x04" error during bootup. (see part of dmesg below)
I have two maxtor drives, SuSE 9.0, and I get the same error messages, though my system works fine. However, there's a line suggesting to disable write back cahing, which I haven't tried yet: it might solve the problem. <4>hda: Maxtor 6Y080L0, ATA DISK drive <4>hdb: Maxtor 6Y060L0, ATA DISK drive <4>hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } <4>hda: cache flushing failed. disable write back cacheing for journalled file systems <4>hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } <4>hdb: cache flushing failed. disable write back cacheing for journalled file systems FXF -- ______________________ Courtesy of SuSE Linux http://www.nibz.org