ad0: READ command timeout
    David Cuthbert 
    dacut at kanga.org
       
    Wed Feb 18 21:55:54 PST 2004
    
    
  
Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
Is this a software problem or a dying drive?  It's in a laptop, so cables
aren't the issue.
Could very well be a hardware flaw in the controller, one that isn't 
worked around in software by DF (yet).
Basic idea is that DF sends a series of commands that are valid but 
throw the controller into a loop.  Communications eventually time out, 
so DF resets the controller.
Sadly, these kind of hardware bugs seem to be on the increase.
Dave
    
    
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