Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 20:11:53 -0400 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: Rich Wales <richw@webcom.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATA66 cable being ignored? Message-ID: <39A1C549.5557E62E@glue.umd.edu> References: <200008211670886.richw@wyattearp.stanford.edu>
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Rich Wales wrote: > > My new Dell OptiPlex GX300 (running 4.1-RELEASE) came with an 80-wire > ATA cable. I added a second drive and am using this cable for both > drives. However, the kernel fails to recognize the cable and is limit- > ing DMA speed accordingly. Any ideas? > > See below for the relevant portion of the "boot -v" output. I note the > "cblid=0" value -- leading me to wonder if the problem might possibly > be with the integrated ATA controller on the motherboard not sensing or > reporting the cable properly. This is an 800-MHz Pentium III system, > though, so I find it a bit hard to believe that it isn't UDMA66-capable. > > BTW, in the line which claims I have a non-ATA66 compliant cable, I > believe the preferred spelling is "limited", with just one T (not two). > > Rich Wales richw@webcom.com http://www.webcom.com/richw/ Are both drives ATA66? I built a new computer with a K7V (integrated ATA66 controller) and when I plugged my old ATA33 drive into the same cable (for copying stuff) I started getting the same messages. When I took the old drive off ATA66 started working again. I guess it can only go as fast as the slowest drive on the cable. -Brandon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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