Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 06:53:52 -0500 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@picus.com> To: "Jim C" <jconner@enterit.com>, "unclemib" <unclemib@gryphon.itssa.curtin.edu.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: UDMA Problems Message-ID: <NDBBLOMCGLFPEPCPJEKKKEFECAAA.troy@picus.com> In-Reply-To: <00022801244500.01267@njhome.enterit.com>
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It's also worth checking to see if your BIOS is up to date. A co-worker recently bought a BP6, and was plagued with disk problems under NT. Those problems went away once he flashed his BIOS to a current version. This was all within the last week. -Troy > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jim C > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 01:23 > To: unclemib; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: UDMA Problems > > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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