Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:11:39 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Constantine <cnst@rbcmail.ru> Subject: Re: atacontrol(8) Message-ID: <200310142311.39354.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <002401c392d9$e270fd00$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> References: <3F8CC8BD.50702@rbcmail.ru> <3F8CCD0A.9090007@rbcmail.ru> <002401c392d9$e270fd00$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com>
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On Tuesday 14 October 2003 10:04 pm, Mike Maltese wrote: > > Why to this file and not to /etc/sysctl.conf? I have no monitor on > > that box, so I want to make sure it is more likely to work after > > the reboot. > > > :-) > > I can't remember exactly why, but trust me, it will work. > > > But why does it sets it to UDMA33, but not to UDMA66? > > Have you actually tried it yet? It should automatically set it to the > drive's highest capability (controller allowing). Frankly, I've never > seen a DVD drive, or any other optical drive for that matter, capable > of DMA66, nor would it even need to be (33 is the highest I've seen). > In any event, give it a try, I'm sure it will work. > acd0: DVDROM <ATAPI DVD-ROM 16X Maximum> at ata1-master UDMA66 The controller is capable of ata-100. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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