Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:49:20 +0000
From:      ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        qa@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.5-PRERELEASE (25 Dec) and IBM IC35L040AVER07-0
Message-ID:  <3C2E3A60.BCC5A573@ntlworld.com>
References:  <3C2D5F07.C1001711@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20011229091038.F81588-100000@titanic.medinet.si> <20011230001554.A457@grosbein.pp.ru> <3C2E179F.9020108@potentialtech.com> <3C2E2EA9.5FADADC@ntlworld.com> <3C2E336C.3080506@potentialtech.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Bill Moran wrote:
> 
> ian j hart wrote:
> > 1 Cable length was definately an issue for me (40 way cable, VIA ATA33
> > with
> > UDMA 66 drives). I would trust IBM on this one.
> > [stable archive 08/07/01 VIA 82C586 UDMA ICRC errors]
> 
> I forgot to put in the last post that I reconnected the cable so that it
> did not exceed the length requirements.
> 
> > 2 Get the latest BIOS and firmware.
> 
> I'll take a look at that.
> 
> > Then I turned off UDMA with sysctl.
> 
> Are you referring to hw.ata.ata_dma?  Can this bet set in /etc/sysctl.conf
> or must it be set in /boot/loader.conf?

When I did this I was using "sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio"
and putting it in /etc/rc. It looks like there's been
some improvement on this see man ata.

> 
> > IIRC this was a pc-chips BX pro.
> >
> > 4 There's a tool to set the mode of the drive. Worth a
> > try.
> 
> Do you mean a tool from IBM?

Yes. Cannot remember the name, sorry.

> 
> --
> Bill Moran
> Potential Technology
> http://www.potentialtech.com

-- 
ian j hart

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3C2E3A60.BCC5A573>