Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 05:05:51 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems installing 4.x on large disks Message-ID: <14982.29199.754559.647316@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <000e01c09405$34a2b680$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <14982.15319.193759.406761@guru.mired.org> <000e01c09405$34a2b680$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> types: > > Just the opposite in this case. The SCSI drive was a Seagate Barracude > > 9LP on a 7890, 7200 PRM with a 7.4ms seek time. The IDE drive was a > > Maxtor DiamondMax plus, 7200rpm with a 9ms seek time. The test > > software was bonnie. > I'm assuming that since you didn't say AHA2940U2 that this was an on-board > AIC 7890. Those usually have a BIOS configuration that needs to be set > to tell it to negotiate at the highest speed the drive would operate it. > I'm not familiar with bonnie to know what it is testing. All the negotiations were enabled. Bonnie is in the ports tree for you to look at. Better yet, run your own tests, and report the results back. I believed pretty much what you're saying until I ran my own tests - prompted by people saying what I'm telling you now. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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