diff -Naur linux-0.01-rm-1.3/kernel/hd.c linux-0.01-rm-1.4/kernel/hd.c
--- linux-0.01-rm-1.3/kernel/hd.c	2007-11-25 21:40:58.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-0.01-rm-1.4/kernel/hd.c	2007-11-25 21:41:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 	for(i = 0; i < 10000 && drive_busy(); i++) /* nothing */;
 	if (drive_busy())
 		printk("HD-controller still busy\n\r");
-	if((i = inb(ERR_STAT)) != 1)
+	if((i = inb(HD_STATUS)) & ERR_STAT)
 		printk("HD-controller reset failed: %02x\n\r",i);
 }