Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:11:08 +0100 | From | Ferdinand Prantl <> | Subject | Re: Minor issue compiling 2.3.26 and major one with my IDE |
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On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 11:58:56AM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote: > > hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } > > hda: DMA disabled > > ide0: reset: success > > > > I've "solved" it by not turning on DMA automatically on booting. > > the error means that your cable is bad. disabling DMA simply puts you > into a primitive IDE mode that eats your CPU. it also runs slowly enough > that you might not see any signal problems with your bad cable, but then > again, you have no way of knowing (since only udma, above, checksums > all transfers and can detect corruption.) > > in other words, you turned off error reporting. whether it runs correctly > or not is anyone's guess.
Hmmm, but I have two cables at about 12" and I doubt both of them are bad... MB and HDD are UDMA33 only. I know what DMA means and I'm suffering from not using it but what to do ?
Any other suggestions ?
Ferda Prantl
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