I only filed the bug yesterday.&nbsp; I'm sure they have more urgent problems, so I don't expect fast progress on this.<br><br>I'm just going to try to offload everything from the IDE to an external drive, then repartition it using 8.0.4.&nbsp; I really want to get this resolved.<br><br><br><b><i>Lemmy &lt;lehmannd@in.tum.de&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Same problem here using 8.04 final on 32 Bit AMD Athlon XP 2000. At the<br>moment I can't use Hardy Heron at all :-(<br><br>-- <br>unable to read  IDE partition table under 8.0.4<br>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221677<br>You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber<br>of the bug.<br><br>Status in Ubuntu: New<br><br>Bug description:<br>I have a 250G SATA and a 320G IDE drive.  I use the SATA for root, /boot, and /home.  I use the IDE for backups and transient data.<br><br>Under a fresh 8.04
 install (release candidate around April 19-20), I get "unable to read partition table" errors... it treats my WD320 IDE drive as a SATA (expected behaviour, I hear).<br><br> /dev/sda is visible, but /dev/sda[1234] are not (under the older releases, these were /dev/hda[1234]).<br><br>Next, I re-install 7.10, no problem, works fine under 7.10<br>Next, I re-install 6.06, no problem, works fine under 6.06<br>Next, I re-install 8.0.4, install all the latest updates, still unable to read partition table.  <br><br>So, this is a new problem under 8.0.4.  I can still detect and read every partition of the IDE drive if I use the older releases, but I can't use the IDE drive under 8.0.4.  This means that this isn't a hardware error.<br><br>Is there anything I can do to fix this, or should I wait it out for a few days hoping for a fix to be released, or should I revert to 7.10 and wait for 8.0.5?  For the long term, I need both drives. <br><br>Any info or
 suggestions?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>====================================================================================<br><br>Below, I've pasted some info out of /var/log/messages and dmesg.<br><br>Relevant entries from dmesg:<br><br>[   24.138541] ata1.00: ATA-7: WDC WD3200AAJB-00TYA0, 00.02C01, max UDMA/100<br>[   24.138545] ata1.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 <br>[   24.153924] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100<br>[   24.194553] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice<br>[   24.440503] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2<br>[   24.472806] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H42N, RL00, max UDMA/66<br><br>[   24.644429] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD3200AAJB-0 00.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5<br><br>[   24.647951] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 2.3<br>[   24.647966] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -&gt; GSI 21 (level, low) -&gt; IRQ 17<br>[   24.648001] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 5<br>[   24.648789]
 scsi2 : sata_via<br>[   24.649238] scsi3 : sata_via<br><br>[   24.658349] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods<br>[   24.658443] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)<br>[   24.658459] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off<br>[   24.658462] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00<br>[   24.658485] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br>[   24.658545] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)<br>[   24.658559] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off<br>[   24.658561] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00<br>[   24.658584] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br>[   24.658587]  sda:&lt;4&gt;Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods<br>[   24.666883] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2<br>[   24.666887] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24<br>[   24.666893] ata1.00: cmd
 c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in<br>[   24.666894]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>[   24.666897] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }<br>[   24.666900] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }<br>[   24.666923] ata1: soft resetting link<br>[   24.847974] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100<br>[   24.847982] ata1: EH complete<br>[   24.849775] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2<br>[   24.849778] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24<br>[   24.849783] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in<br>[   24.849785]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>[   24.849788] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }<br>[   24.849790] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }<br>[   24.849811] ata1: soft resetting link<br><br>[   25.035720] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100<br>[   25.035728] ata1: EH complete<br>[   25.040990] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2<br>[  
 25.040993] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24<br>[   25.040998] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in<br>[   25.041000]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>[   25.041002] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }<br>[   25.041004] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }<br>[   25.041026] ata1: soft resetting link<br><br><br>[   25.235492] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100<br>[   25.235500] ata1: EH complete<br>[   25.240516] ata1.00: limiting speed to UDMA/66:PIO4<br>[   25.240520] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2<br>[   25.240523] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24<br>[   25.240529] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in<br>[   25.240530]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>[   25.240533] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }<br>[   25.240535] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }<br>[   25.240557] ata1: soft resetting link<br><br>[   25.427187] ata1.00: configured
 for UDMA/66<br>[   25.427197] ata1: EH complete<br>[   25.431731] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2<br>[   25.431735] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24<br>[   25.431740] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in<br>[   25.431742]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>[   25.431744] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }<br>[   25.431746] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }<br>[   25.431768] ata1: soft resetting link<br>[   25.618928] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66<br>[   25.618936] ata1: EH complete<br>[   25.622946] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2<br>[   25.622949] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24<br>[   25.622955] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in<br>[   25.622956]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>[   25.622959] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }<br>[   25.622961] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }<br>[   25.622982]
 ata1: soft resetting link<br>[   25.806675] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66<br>[   25.806684] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK<br>[   25.806688] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] [descriptor]<br>[   25.806693] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):<br>[   25.806696]         72 0b 47 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 <br>[   25.806706]         00 00 00 07 <br>[   25.806710] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Scsi parity error<br>[   25.806716] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0<br>[   25.806719] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0<br>[   25.806737] ata1: EH complete<br>[   25.814191] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2<br>[   25.814194] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24<br>[   25.814199] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in<br>[   25.814201]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>[  
 25.814203] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }<br>[   25.814205] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }<br>[   25.814227] ata1: soft resetting link<br><br>[   25.997409] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66<br>[   25.997418] ata1: EH complete<br>[   26.005406] ata1.00: limiting speed to UDMA/33:PIO4<br>[   26.005409] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2<br>[   26.005412] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24<br>[   26.005418] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in<br>[   26.005419]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>[   26.005422] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }<br>[   26.005424] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }<br>[   26.005446] ata1: soft resetting link<br>[   26.064733] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3<br>[   26.189140] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33<br>[   26.189146] ata1: EH complete<br>[   26.196350] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.<br>[   26.196358] Dev sda:
 unable to read RDB block 0<br>[   26.196441] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)<br>[   26.196735]  unable to read partition table<br>[   26.196791] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk<br>[   26.196853] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off<br>[   26.196856] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00<br>[   26.196882] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br>[   26.196908] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)<br>[   26.196922] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off<br>[   26.196924] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00<br>[   26.196946] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br><br>Relevant entries from /var/log/messages:<br><br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   23.960915] ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xfc00 irq 14<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.138541] ata1.00: ATA-7: WDC
 WD3200AAJB-00TYA0, 00.02C01, max UDMA/100<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.138545] ata1.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 <br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.153924] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.644429] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD3200AAJB-0 00.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.647966] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -&gt; GSI 21 (level, low) -&gt; IRQ 17<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.648001] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 5<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.658349] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.658443] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.658459] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.658485] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache:
 enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.658545] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.658559] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.658584] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.658587]  sda:&lt;4&gt;Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.666894]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.666923] ata1: soft resetting link<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.847974] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.847982] ata1: EH complete<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.849785]          res
 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   24.849811] ata1: soft resetting link<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.035728] ata1: EH complete<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.041000]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.041026] ata1: soft resetting link<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.235492] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.235500] ata1: EH complete<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.240516] ata1.00: limiting speed to UDMA/66:PIO4<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.240530]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.240557] ata1: soft resetting link<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.427187] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste
 kernel: [   25.427197] ata1: EH complete<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.431742]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.431768] ata1: soft resetting link<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.618928] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.618936] ata1: EH complete<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.622956]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.622982] ata1: soft resetting link<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.806675] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.806684] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.806688] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] [descriptor]<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [  
 25.806693] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.806696]         72 0b 47 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 <br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.806706]         00 00 00 07 <br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.806710] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Scsi parity error<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.806716] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.806737] ata1: EH complete<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.814201]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.814227] ata1: soft resetting link<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.997409] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   25.997418] ata1: EH complete<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.005406] ata1.00: limiting speed to UDMA/33:PIO4<br>Apr 23 23:22:16
 langouste kernel: [   26.005419]          res 51/84:00:07:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.005446] ata1: soft resetting link<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.189140] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.189146] ata1: EH complete<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.196358] Dev sda: unable to read RDB block 0<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.196441] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.196735]  unable to read partition table<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.196791] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.196853] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.196882] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel:
 [   26.196908] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.196922] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.196946] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br>Apr 23 23:22:16 langouste kernel: [   26.228110] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0<br><br><br></blockquote><br><p>&#32;
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