iBook G4 12" 768MB RAM error: hda: task_in_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

[Brian Tillman]

On Jun 21, 2008, at 9:41 PM, Peter Garrett wrote:

> Googling this error makes me suspect that my drive is dying...
>
> The error repeated endlessly is:
>
> hda: task_in_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>
> Am I right in thinking that this Toshiba / Mac 30 Gig hard drive is
> dead?
>
> Situation: Attempts to install either Ubuntu or Debian PPC conk out at
> the partitioning stage ( it stops at 33%)
>
> Gparted also fails to format the ' / ' partition ( /dev/hda3).
> I would append the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda , but fdisk apparently
> can't see the drive...
>
> It's possible to boot from a Live Ubuntu CD, but it boots very slowly.
> During attempted installs and updates the load average has been as  
> high
> as 13, with nothing else running but GNOME and X ...
>
> Various utilities also fail - for example attempts to
> tail -f /var/log/syslog
>
> Looking for advice, or confirmation of my tentative diagnosis...  
> I'm not
> a hardware person.
>
>  :(
>
> -- 
> Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>
> -- 

I think you've hit the nail on the head

Brian



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