Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 22:04:46 -0500 From: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> To: "freebsd" <george@www.timandpatrick.com>, "Jim C" <jconner@enterit.com>, "unclemib" <unclemib@gryphon.itssa.curtin.edu.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: UDMA Problems Message-ID: <4.3.2.20000305220405.00c89f00@pseudonet.org> In-Reply-To: <005501bf86c9$a861e680$94082aa2@oemcomputer> References: <00022801244500.01267@njhome.enterit.com>
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As Johnny Carson would say it... " I did not know that..." :) thanks!! - Jim At 07:38 PM 3/5/00 +0200, freebsd wrote: >Also, UDMA requires an UDMA cable with 80 conductors >in it, 40 for grounds... > >Maxtor drives now ship with this cable although i found >out before they did that cable length is a big issue >on these drives. > > >No 2 things can be the same, they cannot >exist in the same space at the same time. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jim C >Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 8:23 AM >To: unclemib; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: UDMA Problems > > >Many people I have run across are not aware that UDMA drives require <= 18 >inch cables. Is the cabling you are using for your UDMA drives > 18 inches? > >Jim > > On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, unclemib wrote: >| I am experiencing a few problems with UDMA/66. >| >| system is an Abit BP6 with 2 Celeron 433's, 128MB >| memory , TNT video, and Pro100/10B NIC. I have tried both >| Quantum CR (8G) and KX (13G) drives. >| >| I keep getting a 'Read Timeout' message closely followed >| by a 'Resetting ATA' message. This works most of the time >| but every now and again the system completely hangs (I >| can consistently get these messages at random times during >| a make buildworld). >| >| Under 3.4 everything works flawlessly (except for disk speed). >| >| Has anyone else seen this? Should I wait till support for >| UDMA/66 matures in 4.X before using it? >| >| Regards unclemib@itssa.curtin.edu.au >| >| >| >| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >| with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today's errors, in contrast: Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935" UNIX - "segmentation fault - core dumped" Humanous Beingsus - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up" ------------------------------- Jim Conner NOTJames jconner@enterit.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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