Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 01:23:06 -0500 From: Jim C <jconner@enterit.com> To: unclemib <unclemib@gryphon.itssa.curtin.edu.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UDMA Problems Message-ID: <00022801244500.01267@njhome.enterit.com> References: <200002271011.SAA07788@gryphon.itssa.curtin.edu.au>
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Many people I have run across are not aware that UDMA drives require <= 18 inch cables. Is the cabling you are using for your UDMA drives > 18 inches? Jim On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, unclemib wrote: | I am experiencing a few problems with UDMA/66. | | system is an Abit BP6 with 2 Celeron 433's, 128MB | memory , TNT video, and Pro100/10B NIC. I have tried both | Quantum CR (8G) and KX (13G) drives. | | I keep getting a 'Read Timeout' message closely followed | by a 'Resetting ATA' message. This works most of the time | but every now and again the system completely hangs (I | can consistently get these messages at random times during | a make buildworld). | | Under 3.4 everything works flawlessly (except for disk speed). | | Has anyone else seen this? Should I wait till support for | UDMA/66 matures in 4.X before using it? | | Regards unclemib@itssa.curtin.edu.au | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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