Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 10:05:03 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The 'dave rivers' momorial panic. Message-ID: <199801310805.KAA05669@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > turns out it was a hardware problem.. > > some IDE chipsets an ddrives were incapable of running on > > a ribbon cable over about 40cm (16") long. > > This *is* the specified limit for the ATA bus, funnily enough. This is one of the hateful things about the ATA bus. It is not electronically "correct" - it is effectively an unterminated transmission line, and has _horrible_ noise/ringing problems. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org
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