I'm trying to add a dead laptop hitachi drive, the hd works fine in my new laptop but while following the upgrade guide I get following error message. It seems it has problem reading the partion any has any ideas, could I do somethings more manually to more pinpoint the error.

/nB

e000 v1.04
Copying kernel...12M available (96
Calling linux kernel...
on 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #130 Mon Oct 22 18:52:07 BST 2001)
If there is
Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11
POSIX conformance testing b
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer C
IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli).....
empeg-car player (hardware revision 7, serial number 80000427)
Command line: mem=12m: IrCOMM protocol ( r
Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS
Memory: 10968k/12M available (964k code, 20k
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX.5
SA1100 seri
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 no serial options enabled
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
C
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NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0a
Linux-IrDA: IrCOMM protocol ( revision:Tue May 18 03:11:39 1999 )
ircomm_tty: virtual tty driver for IrCOMM ( revision:Wed May 26 00:49:11 1999 )
Starting kswapd v 1.5
SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0xf8010000 (irq = 15) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS01 at 0xf8050000 (irq = 17) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS02 at 0xf8030000 (irq = 16) is a SA1100 UART
Signature is 67706d65 'empg'
Scheduling custom logo.
empeg display initialised.
empeg dsp audio initialised
empeg dsp mixer initialised
empeg dsp initialised
Could not find CS4231A (version=00)
empeg remote control/panel button initialised.
empeg usb initialised, PDIUSBD12 id 0000
empeg state support initialised 0089/88c1 (save to d0004100).
empeg RDS driver initialised
empeg power-pic driver initialised (first boot)
RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size
empeg single channel IDE
Probing primary interface...
Probing primary interface...
hda: HITACHI_DK23BA-10, ATA DISK drive
hda: HITACHI_DK23BA-10, ATA DISK drive
hda: HITACHI_DK23BA-10, ATA DISK drive
hda: HITACHI_DK23BA-10, ATA DISK d
hda: HITACHI_DK23BA-10, ATA DISK driveialised.cols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
ide0 at 0x000-0x007,0x038 on irq 6
empeg usb in
hda: HITACHI_DK23BA-10, 9590MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=19485/16/63
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehas
empeg-flash driver initializedt initialised 0089/88c1 (save
smc chip id/revision 0x3349
smc9194.c:v0.12 03/06/96 by Erik Stahlman (erik@vt.edu)alised.2 (Dag Brattli)

SMC9194: SMC91C94(r:9) at 0x4008000 IRQ:7 INTF:TP MEM:6144b MAC 00:02:d7:10:01:a
ircomm_tty: virtual
ide0 at 0x000-0x007,0x038 on irq 6ed
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Partition check:
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hda:hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 wit
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hdb: HITACHI_DK23BA-10, 9
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide0: reset: success
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 0
unable to read partition table
RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 320 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
empeg-pump v0.03 (19980601)
Press Ctrl-A to enter pump...attempt to access beyond end of device
03:05: rw=0, want=2, limit=0
dev 03:05 blksize=1024 blocknr=1 sector=2 size=1024 count=1
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05

Did you run builder on the new drive, or build it using your laptop?

I've tried the buildier on my empeg only, tried both as a slave drive to my primary original 12gb disk as well as only primary disk.

I've even tried to make a partion on the disk before I put it in the empeg but I guess it should be unpartioned. No difference though.

/nB

Take a look at this thread. There is a suspected bug in the builder software. It might be necessary to rebuild the drives using the builder image again in order to set up the partitions. This should be for the new drive that you are adding only. Hopefully, you did not rebuild your original drive - not that it would hurt it, butyou would lose the data (music) that was on it.

I would add, though, that it looks like you are seeing physical errors. Please double check your cabling, your jumper (slave drive) and your IDE header.

I'll check it out, I've now even tried to install a full version of WinXP on the harddrive and everything works fine, just not in the player, really strange. Only thing I can think of is it use to be a security software on the hard disk on the old lap top (PointSec) if that could have leaved traces left that empeg doesn't like.

But no traces of it on my new laptop with new os on ... I'll give it another try next weekend.

/nB

I would agree with Paul. You're definitely seeing physical problems. The lines that contain "hda: read_intr: error=" are the clue.

As he says, double check your cabling. Have a close look at the IDE header on the main board, to make sure that it's not pulled away. Double check that you've got the cable on properly (it's easy to get laptop cables on incorrectly). Also double-check that you've got the drive jumpered correctly.

The fact that the drive works fine in a Windows XP machine strongly suggests to me that it's a cabling fault.

Once you can connect the drive without seeing any "read_intr" error lines, then try the builder again. As Paul says, sometimes it doesn't work, so try it twice. Alternatively, you could use my instructions for partitioning and formatting your new drive, but they're not for the faint-hearted.