system initialization with error: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)

[emil]

After any BIOS display, most new installs usually hide all the linux boot up messages with a splash screen.  If the splash screen is disabled there will be many messages scrolling past.

When exactly does the message you report appear ?

The message appears just before starting LL.

Code:

journalctl -b | grep ata2

Did you find something here? The message, if not identical, is very similar to this one.

mfm  ~  journalctl -b | grep ata2
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xc0507000 port 0xc0507180 irq 24
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
dez 22 21:41:10 mfm-Aspire-S3 kernel: ata2: reset failed, giving up

Code:

lsblk -o NAME,Model,HCTL

mfm  ~  lsblk -o NAME,Model,HCTL
NAME        MODEL                  HCTL
sda        Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 0:0:0:0
├─sda1                             
├─sda2                             
├─sda3                             
└─sda5                             
mmcblk0                           
└─mmcblk0p1