NASLite Network Attached Storage

I recently purchased NASLite+ and have been pleased with how well it works, although when I copy files over, I get lots of the following:

NASLite user.warn kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

and

NASLite user.warn kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }

This has happened on two new drives, a 320G WD, which croaked and I sent back, and a 160G Seagate I just bought on sale at CompUSA.

When the WD died, I assumed the numerous errors were because it was bad out of the box. Now that I'm getting similar errors with the Seagate.

Bottom line - are these errors normal?

thanks.

-Ed

epreston,

These are not "normal" you should have no errors when copying files.
to have errors means the data is not valid and likely not to work.

You are either unlucky or there is another reason why you are having drive problems.

if i was you i'd open up another pc and stick in the drives from the nas and run naslite on this machine to establish if there is a drive problem or not.

if the HD functions correctly id look closely at the hardware on the troublesome nas. things like cables, psu, ram etc.

hope this helps

Eden

>if the HD functions correctly id look closely at the hardware on the troublesome nas. things like cables, psu, ram etc.

Now that you mention it, I have had problems in the past which were caused by cables going bad. I'll try that first.

-thanks

Well, I sprayed the board connector with electronic parts cleaner and tried three different cables, including two brand new ones, with no change in the number of errors. I did, however, put the troublesome HD on the second IDE connector, and shazam, no errors. An older 40G drive I put in as the master on the main IDE connector generated the same errors as the new drive that was there before. Looks like the on-board ATA has gone flaky, at least at one of the connectors.

For now I'll just keep using the big drive as drive-3 until I can get a cheapo replacement motherboard.

-Ed

epreston,

I am glad that you got to the bottom of it all.

Eden