Re: [LI] Hard Disk Problem

["Sekhar. V" <sekharvs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
U have to set the "multi-sector-count" option, to the one supported by ur
hdd. 
Use $hdparam -i /dev/hda to get the supported sect-count n 
use $hdparm -m<that no> to set. 
HTH,  

>I have a HDD 4.3GB. I installed Windoze95 in my first
>partition(500MB). Then I installed LINUX in the 2nd
>partition( / 1200MB, swap 125MB, /cache 1000MB). After
>LINUX installation, whan the machine reboots, it gives
>the following error.
>
>          hda:status timeout:status=0xd0 {Busy}
>          hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
>          ide0:reset:success
>
>can anyone help me????
>
>Thanks in ADVANCE.
>
>Parvez

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