ata1:00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)

[Frank Cox]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:54:20 -0600
Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:07:38 +0530
> Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> 
> > A similar issue was present in the GA FC6 kernel for me. It went away in 
> > an update. Other than the minor delay everything was functional. Do file 
> > a bug report including the dmesg in http://bugzilla.redhat.com
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242111

This appears to be a bios issue of some kind. I switched my IDE-Config in the
bios to "legacy" from "enhanced" (which was the default) and set it to "SATA
P0/P2,P1/P3" and my computer now boots normally without that error message.

However, on what seems to be a related note, I have discovered that my CD burner
is missing. It doesn't show up anywhere with any IDE-Config setting, either
legacy or enhanced.

(Other settings under "legacy" are "P1/P3,PATA" and "P0/P2, PATA" but none of
them make the CD drive appear.)

FC6 worked fine with the bios set to "enhanced".



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