Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 May 1999 19:59:59 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Andre M. Hedrick" <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.9 probs (ide hd, quota, 128MB (+sort)) |
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Vendication.............thank you.........
On Tue, 25 May 1999 dparsons@synapse.kent.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 24 May 1999, Guest section DW wrote: > > > From hedrick@astro.dyer.vanderbilt.edu Sun May 23 22:56:15 1999 > > > > This is an ATA-66 problem on an ATA-33 chipset. > > Major BIOS wierdness, and no code to correct. > > I put an UDMA-4 drive on several UDMA-2 limited chipsets and things got > > really problematic. > > > > OK - But in that case wouldnt just disabling DMA solve the problems? > > > > I ran across something today that might help with this problem. The web > site www.storagereview.com (?) could only test the ATA-66 drives with an > ATA-66 controller and expect the drive to work under any OS. So now all > manufacturers but one (Fujitsu, I think), supply a DOS utility for those > without an ATA-66 controller to disable ATA-66 and just allow ATA-33. If > you don't use this utility, I think the drives run in some very slow DOS > mode (when lacking an ATA-66 controller). If you go there, you can find > a page with links to all manufacturers' download links for this software > fix. >
Andre Hedrick The Linux IDE guy
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