Need help with /etc/hdparm.conf

[Eric Potter]

On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 11:28 -0800, Eric Potter wrote:
> I have a problem that my first hdd always boots up with dma off.
> So I have modified /etc/hdparm.conf to include as follows:
> 
> /dev/hda {
>         dma = on
> }
> 
> However this is not executed during boot up.  dmesg shows this:
> 
> md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> hda: DMA disabled
> ide0: reset: success
> 
> I can turn on dma manually after booting.
> 

It seems that the problem is a failing hard drive.