I/O error

i continuously get the following messages in my dmesg, kernel 2.5.58 :

end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0

#cat /proc/ide/piix
Controller: 0

Intel PIIX4 Ultra 33 Chipset.
--------------- Primary Channel ---------------- Secondary Channel
-------------
enabled enabled
--------------- drive0 --------- drive1 -------- drive0 ---------- drive1 ------

DMA enabled:    yes              no              yes               no
UDMA enabled:   yes              no              no                no
UDMA enabled:   2                X               X                 X

UDMA
DMA
PIO

# cat /proc/ide/hda/model
E-IDE 10X DVD-ROM DRIVE 0125

I got the messages too with 2.5.55, 2.5.56 and 2.5.57

Chris

You probably have something opening/closing your cdrom drive regularly. It's a known issue, don't worry about it. If your cdrom appears to work, then it's purely cosmetic.

Jens Axboe