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Cc: Matt Juszczak <matt@atopia.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Issue with freebsd 6.2 and disk drives
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> (b) Cabling troubles are purely down to the build quality achieved
> by your supplier.  Generally with SATA cables what seems to work
> best is to use cables that are as short as possible given that the
> cables should have at least an inch of slack in them, and also the
> cables should neither be strained, sharply kinked nor twisted.  Look
> out for the practice of gathering a large bight of excess cable into


SATA cables are actually very touchy. too much i would say.