On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:54:04 +0500, androtech wrote:

> I get this error when booting. While it goes on to boot after the ide0
> reset, I want to know what it means and if it is anything serious?
>
> Partition check:
> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 < p5hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hda: dma_intr:
> status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
==snip==

What it means is that your system is not properly supporting the dma level
gentoo is trying to boot with. For example, I used to have the same
problem on my system when booting due to incomplete support for dma100 but
since I restricted the drive to a maximum of dma66 I've solved the
problem.

The problem can be caused by a dma66 cable when the system is trying to
set to dma100, or it's especially bad if you've got a second disk as slave
and they are not the same brand. I've seen the same problem with a dma66
maxtor connected as slave to a dma100 IBM and the same thing when I had an
internal iomega zip drive connected to the ibm drive.