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Date:      Sat, 07 Dec 2002 00:57:09 -0800
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
To:        "Vladislav V. Zhuk" <admin@dru.dn.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATA errors
Message-ID:  <3DF1B7E5.4010608@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <005401c29d44$b0e24130$c00c460a@pro.tl.thomcorp.net> <3DF0DF91.1050002@pantherdragon.org> <20021207073513.GB34099@dru.dn.ua>

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Vladislav V. Zhuk wrote:
 > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:34:09AM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
 >> This is almost always the sign of a bad cable, but it can also be
 >> the logic board on the drive dying (though much rarer).  Check your
 >> cables. Better yet, go to your local hardware store and buy a new
 >> ATA/100-spec cable, flat, not rounded, preferably with pull-loops.
 >
 > I don't think like you. I check my hardware and I consider that
 > problem in new ATA driver. Under FreeBSD 4.1.1 my hardware work
 > excellent. After 4.5 release I get more troubles with IDE devices.

There was some pretty major changes in 4.5.  It really should have been
a .0 release.  It was the same situation when 4.0 came out and they
ditched the old ata code.

 > After reboot my system work excellent 2-5 days, than I get "read
 > timeout" problem with my CDROM and all system hang.

There are a LOT of CDROM drives that don't work properly.  I had a
Toshiba XM-6402B drive that didn't work half the time, and a cheap 50X
drive from Acer that works perfectly.  About the only way to get a
guarantee of having a good-quality CD/DVD drive is to buy SCSI.



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