/var/log/messages.1-Nov 1 18:19:00 Centos5 kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } /var/log/messages.1:Nov 1 18:19:00 Centos5 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown /var/log/messages.1-Nov 1 18:19:00 Centos5 kernel: hda: no DRQ after issuing MULTWRITE_EXT /var/log/messages.1-Nov 1 18:19:00 Centos5 kernel: ide0: reset: success
Is your Mass Storage Controller configured as IDE instead of AHCI?
What am I missing? Is it odd to have two SATA controllers for a single disk drive, or is that at all relevant?
You don't, it would be odd :) What model of mobo? I would be curious to check the manual, it's been a while since I worked on an ICH8 chipset so I wonder about the storage config setting.