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Date:      Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:23:09 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
To:        bfoz@glue.umd.edu (Brandon Fosdick)
Cc:        richw@webcom.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ATA66 cable being ignored?
Message-ID:  <200008220023.RAA25598@freeway.dcfinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <39A1C549.5557E62E@glue.umd.edu> from Brandon Fosdick at "Aug 21, 0 08:11:53 pm"

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As I recall, Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> Are both drives ATA66?  I built a new computer with a K7V (integrated
> ATA66 controller) and when I plugged my old ATA33 drive into the same
> cable (for copying stuff) I started getting the same messages.  When I
> took the old drive off ATA66 started working again.  I guess it can
> only go as fast as the slowest drive on the cable.

That's documented to be the case.

In fact, I've also seen it recommended that ATA66 drives should be
on an interface by themselves.

	-crl
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