I have a similar problem with a Samsung hard drive. Model SV2044D.  The
output of 'hdparm -i' below indicates it supports several multiword and
ultra DMA modes but if i run the drive in anything other than PIO mode it
gets DMA timeouts and SeekComplete Errors.  This has been on every kernel I
can recall in the 2.4 and 2.6 series.

demigod:~# hdparm -i /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

 Model=SAMSUNG SV2044D, FwRev=MM200-53, SerialNo=0228J1FN905733
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=34902, SectSize=554, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=472kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39862368
 IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4
 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17:  1 2 3 4

 * signifies the current active mode



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dhruv Matani" <dhruvbird@gmx.net>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:30 AM
Subject: DriveReady SeekComplete Error...


> Hi,
> I've been getting this error for my brand new (2 months old) Samsung
> HDD. The model Number is: SV0411N, and it is a 40GB disk. I'm using the
> kernel version 2.4.20-8 provided by RedHat. When I used RH-7.2(before
> upgrading to RH-9), the same HDD worked fine. Also, when I re-installed
> RH-7.2, it worked fine?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Please cc me the reply, sine I'm not subscribed.
> Thanks ;-)
>
> -- 
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>
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