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Date:      Sun, 31 Mar 1996 21:36:29 -0800 (PST)
From:      Howard Lew <hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, macgyver@infinet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Dell EIDE drive data corruption with FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.960331213507.6304B-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199603311935.MAA11566@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Sun, 31 Mar 1996, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > > A while ago, I rememeber someone posted something about it.
> > > > I think the machine in question was a Dell P75 with EIDE drive,
> > > > 
> > > > Was a solution found?
> > > 
> > > Is this the flawed IDE chipset that loses data if you interleave I/O?
> > > 
> > > If so, the answer is to change your CMOS settings.
> > 
> > Hmmm.... what chipset did they use?
> 
> PC-TECH RZ1000 chip.  About 1/3 of all onboard EIDE disk controllers
> are broken.  I don't know how many controller cards.


Is there a diagnostic program out there to discover the flaw or is it 
more or less a random problem that crops up once in a while?




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