[SOLVED] Trying to install from CD, ATA bus errors

Question

I've been running Arch on what used to be my main computer for over a year now, and I recently built a new box. I already have Windows 8.1 installed on it. However, when I try to boot up the Arch install disk to set up a dual boot, I get the following errors:
:: Triggering uevents...
[ 1.764769] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
[ 33.375619] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x52 SAct 0x0 SErr 0xffffffff action 0xe frozen
[ 33.375642] ata8: SError: { RecovData RecovComm UnrecovData Persist Proto HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt CommWake 10B8B Dispar BadCRC Handshk LinkSeq TrStaTrns UnrecFIS DevExch }
[ 33.375682] ata8.00: failed command: IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
[ 33.375698] ata8.00: cmd a1/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0 pio 512 in
[ 33.375698] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x56 (ATA bus error)
[ 33.375736] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 33.525620] ata7.00: exception Emask 0x52 SAct 0x1 SErr 0xffffffff action 0xe frozen
[ 33.525645] ata7: SError: { RecovData RecovComm UnrecovData Persist Proto HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt CommWake 10B8B Dispar BadCRC Handshk LinkSeq TrStaTrns UnrecFIS DevExch }
[ 33.525686] ata7.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[ 33.525703] ata7.00: cmd 60/08:00:00:00:02/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in
[ 33.525603] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x56 (ATA bus error)
[ 33.525743] ata7.00: status: { DRDY }
After this, the cursor stops blinking and nothing else happens.
I am using UEFI, however I booted the disk using AHCI as well and got the same error, so I don't believe that its causing the problem.
I downloaded the ISO from the torrent link on the Arch downloads page, checked the "verify contents" box in Windows when I burned the disk, and tried burning the ISO on a different disk.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by Commie Pinko (2013-12-19 20:07:08)

Answer 1

alphaniner wrote:Don't worry about the Radeon error for now. The other errors related to your drive bus are probably the problem. Normally I'd recommend checking cables and connections. But I've never seen a "SError:" line with so many 'details' and you have such errors on two ports, so it may be more complicated than that. Have you searched for info on Linux support of the controller?
Thanks for the response.
I searched for the things you wrote. By "drive bus" and "controller" do you mean the bus driver and device controller from this diagram?
http://www.linuxforu.com/wp-content/upl … 1/ldd1.jpg
Additionally, I found the following forum post while searching: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2038227
Does that mean I should try reconnecting my drives to different ports on my motherboard?
Last edited by Commie Pinko (2013-12-17 22:39:41)