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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Dell EIDE drive data corruption with FreeBSD?
To: hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU (Howard Lew)
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 12:35:35 -0700 (MST)
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> > > A while ago, I rememeber someone posted something about it.
> > > I think the machine in question was a Dell P75 with EIDE drive,
> > > 
> > > Was a solution found?
> > 
> > Is this the flawed IDE chipset that loses data if you interleave I/O?
> > 
> > If so, the answer is to change your CMOS settings.
> 
> Hmmm.... what chipset did they use?

PC-TECH RZ1000 chip.  About 1/3 of all onboard EIDE disk controllers
are broken.  I don't know how many controller cards.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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