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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