Errors from cdrom device caused system to hang on RHEL4.8

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The cdrom device reported various errors before the system became unresponsive.

hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04Aborted Command 
hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04Aborted Command 
Losing some ticks... checking if CPU frequency changed.
ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hda: irq timeout: error=0x00
hda: DMA disabled
hda: ATAPI reset complete

Environment

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.8
  • ATAPI/IDE based cdrom device

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