Re: sata disk slow to respond

If is isn't a bad drive, then it's probably flakey cables or a bad 
controller.

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Tom Hull wrote:

> I'm building a system. Can boot linux (Knoppix 3.8 or Ubuntu 5.10)
> from live disc, but cannot install (Ubuntu 5.10). System has:
>
>   ASUS K8N-E motherboard, AMD 64 3400+ CPU
>   Seagate 250GB SATA disk, connected to SATA1
>   CD/DVD writer set as IDE1 master
>
> BIOS set to defaults:
>
>   Silicon Image Mode: RAID Mode
>   Internal SATA IDE Interface: Enabled
>   RAID Option ROM: Disabled
>
> I've tried other variations of these (e.g., SATA Mode), but they don't
> seem to make any difference. BIOS RAID utility complains "no devices
> configured".
>
> Relevant messages from ubuntu live session dmesg:
>
>   ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9F0 ctl 0xBF2 bmdma 0xC800 irq 22
>   ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xB72 bmdma 0xC808 irq 22
>   ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient
>   ata1 failed to respond (30 secs)
>   scsi0 : sata_nv
>   ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
>   scsi1 : sata_nv
>
> Also tests ata3-ata6, UDMA/100, no device found
>
> First time I tried installing the partition table hung at 66% complete;
> second time 33% complete; since then it's been wedged, does not reflect
> well on ubuntu installer.
>
> First time I've ever tried building/installing with a SATA drive, so
> I'm confused what the device name is, etc. Drive is new, could be bad,
> but it powers up, is warm, etc. Any ideas?
>
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