From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 06:25:40 2003 Return-Path: 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 8938816A4D0 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:25:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.trueafrican.com (mail.trueafrican.com [212.88.98.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8229A43FBF for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:25:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from begj@trueafrican.com) Received: from mail.trueafrican.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.trueafrican.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30506-09 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:30:30 +0300 (EAT) Received: by mail.trueafrican.com (Postfix, from userid 520) id DF56416384B; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:30:29 +0300 (EAT) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:30:29 +0300 (EAT) From: Joseph Begumisa To: Free BSD Questions list In-Reply-To: <20031114130151.GA22833@teddy.fas.com> Message-ID: <20031114172731.K35321@mail.trueafrican.com> References: <20031114002042.GA5077@teddy.fas.com> <20031114153114.L87141@mail.trueafrican.com> <20031114130151.GA22833@teddy.fas.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Drive errors? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:25:40 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:25:40 -0000 > atapci0: port 0xa000-0xa00f at device 7.1 on pci0 > atapci0: Correcting VIA config for southbridge data corruption bug > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > ad3: 39266MB [79780/16/63] at ata1-slave UDMA100 Well the OS sees an ATA100 Controller which is good. So i guess you could first look into the issue of the ribbon cable as mentioned below so that we can eliminate that. > > > > The last time I had such a problem, I solved it by using a 40 pin > > 80 wire ribbon cable in place of the 40 pin 40 wire ribbon cable. > > I'll check that, but given that its a new drive I suspect it already has an > 80 wire cable. > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Joseph.