From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 27 0:31:59 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 367CE37B401 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:31:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from mgw1-out.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F96743F85 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:31:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from LConrad@Go2France.com) Received: from VirusGate.MEIway.com (virus-gate.meiway.com [212.73.210.91]) by mgw1-out.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id 8949CEF6A6 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:19:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.meiway.com [127.0.0.1]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with SMTP id A72EB5D009 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:35:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.Go2France.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D2315D008 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:35:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from tx0-go2france-c.Go2France.com [24.242.169.51] by mail.Go2France.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A10B9DC00A4; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:49:15 +0100 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030227022946.07db1e40@mail.go2france.com> X-Sender: LConrad@Go2France.com@mail.go2france.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 02:31:52 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad Subject: Re: can't get to ATA133 In-Reply-To: <200302270817.16648.will@unfoldings.net> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030226165710.028ad2f0@mail.go2france.com> <5.2.0.9.0.20030226165710.028ad2f0@mail.go2france.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > ad4: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device > > ad6: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device > > ar0: 39083MB [4982/255/63] status: READY subdisks: > > 0 READY ad4: 39083MB [79408/16/63] at ata2-master > > UDMA33 ar1: 39083MB [4982/255/63] status: READY > > subdisks: 0 READY ad6: 39083MB [79408/16/63] at > > ata3-master UDMA33 > > > > Anybody know why TX sees only 33? > >The ata driver is quite strict on standards implementation. It could be that >the promise cables may not comply as strictly with the standard as it would >prefer. Try getting 80-conductor cables from a third party. Generally >speaking, buying your own cables is better than using the ones that came >with the controller anyway, as those are usually el-cheapos, even with the >most expensive controllers. One unreported point we later verified was in the TX2000 on-board setup util, "Show Drive Status" shows both drives as mode "U6" (is ATA133). Len To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message