Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: Distribution: Debian Testing Hardware Environment: Samsung HD160JJ - 160 GB SATA Asus p4p800s-X Intel Pentium 3.0 GHz HT 768 MB DDRAM WriteMaster DVD +/- R/RW Nvidia GeForce2 64MB Software Environment: Windows XP(/dev/sda1(fat32) and /dev/sda2(Ntfs)) Debian GNU/Linux Testing(/dev/sda3(swap) and /dev/sda4(reiserfs -root)) Problem Description: Blocking computer with following error message: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat 0xd0 host_stat 0x21 ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC ASCQ 0xb/47/00 ata1: status=0xd0 { Busy } sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 sda: Current: sense key: Aborted Command Additional sense: Scsi parity error end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector $some_sector ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xEFF7 ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xEFF7 ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xEFF7 Steps to reproduce: Mostly when disk is busy(writing).
I tried slackware 10.2 with all kernels and it didn't work.
Have you tested lately with recent kernels from kernel.org? Thanks.
Closing for now. Please reopen if the problem persists on newer kernels. It sounds a lot like hardware problem tho.