Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 16:19:40 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> Cc: qa@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.5-PRERELEASE (25 Dec) and IBM IC35L040AVER07-0 Message-ID: <3C2E336C.3080506@potentialtech.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>
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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? > 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? -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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