Messages in this thread | | | From | Jeroen Massar <> | Subject | Re: IBM Deskstar IDE 25gb not working. | Date | Thu, 23 Sep 1999 12:40:02 +0200 |
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Mark Hahn wrote:
> > does work.... only problem: BIOS says correctly that it is a UDMA disk > > but Linux doesn't.... using hdparm to turn on some features kills the > > kernel... My two quantums (ST8+SE6) do work as UDMA33 disks. > > are they udma66 disks? if so, most of them have to be specially > configured to work on udma33 systems, since they often default > to running too fast. That's my guess to.... maybe there is some kind of tool for it???
> > > system: Abit-AX5 + p200mmx + Quantum ST8Gb SE6Gb + Teac Changer +... > > The IDE controlller onboard is from the intel TX chipset. > > you didn't mention whether you're using a modern version of Linux. > 2.3.18ac8 would be the right choice, but if you're a wimp, you could > try a recent 2.2. 2.2.9 or 10 afaik... I don't look at it too much ... I turn it on and it runs :) You prolly mean to include the new Unified IDE patches... hmmm maybe that'll help...
> > > Or is it simply not supported enough by Linux??? > > UDMA33 works perfectly under Linux. Sjups the Quantum's run on UDMA33 and that works great...
> >
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