Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 11:20:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael L. Squires" <mikes@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EIDE drives Message-ID: <199701231620.LAA22751@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199701231436.JAA00979@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Jan 23, 97 09:36:13 am
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> > I don't think FreeBSD's wdc driver uses these faster moeds, but I > > haven't checked (IDE sucks anyhow). > > > FreeBSD will use the modes that the bios sets up. In both my > ASUS and SuperMicro MB's that means that FreeBSD can use modes > 2,3,4 as available. Under MS Windows NT the same box (Gateway PPro 200 with a 2940UW/UW SCSI drive) is perceptibly faster than the same CPU with a EIDE drive.
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