I enabled secondary IDE port again and found the system waiting for response of the secondary IDE port. Trying to reset it again and again and finally boots but does not recognize the CDROM drive.

System log attached below


Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   40.622841] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 54807 usecs
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   40.622850] intel8x0: clocking to 48000
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   54.099780] ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   54.099808] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   54.099815] ata2.00: (BMDMA stat 0x25)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   54.099829] ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 254 in
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   54.099833]          res 51/51:03:00:12:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   61.100124] ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd8)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   84.104044] ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd8)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   84.104058] ata2: soft resetting port
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   84.271092] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x00010177
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   84.435912] ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x1)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   84.435923] ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   84.435932] ata2: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   89.437285] ata2: soft resetting port
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   89.604308] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x00010177
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   89.933183] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [   89.933229] ata2: EH complete
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  119.941299] ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  119.941326] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  119.941334] ata2.00: (BMDMA stat 0x25)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  119.941347] ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 254 in
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  119.941351]          res 51/51:03:00:12:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  126.941643] ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd8)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  149.945562] ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd8)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  149.945577] ata2: soft resetting port
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  150.112607] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x00010177
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  150.277429] ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x1)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  150.277441] ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  150.277449] ata2: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  155.278802] ata2: soft resetting port
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  155.445823] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x00010177
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  155.774700] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  155.774745] ata2: EH complete
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  185.770820] ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  185.770848] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  185.770855] ata2.00: (BMDMA stat 0x25)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  185.770869] ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 254 in
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  185.770873]          res 51/51:03:00:12:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  192.771180] ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd8)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  214.354719] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  214.496572] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  214.781510] NET: Registered protocol family 10
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  214.781735] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  215.799066] ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd8)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  215.799080] ata2: soft resetting port
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  215.966099] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x00010177
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  216.126934] ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x1)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  216.126940] ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  216.126946] ata2: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.128354] ata2: soft resetting port
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.295346] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x00010177
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.483967] input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input4
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.492345] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.560138] input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input5
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.560629] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PBTN]
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.620241] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.620282] ata2: EH complete
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.627806] Using specific hotkey driver
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.684374] No dock devices found.
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  221.812445] ibm_acpi: ec object not found
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  222.048245] pcc_acpi: loading...
Apr 26 17:14:06 geerlof-desktop kernel: [  225.597930] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Apr 26 17:14:10 geerlof-desktop dhcdbd: Started up.