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Date:      Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:05:33 -0500
From:      "graphics" <lart@mfn.org>
To:        "Mike Tancsa" <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ATA66 troubles under 4.0R vs 3.4
Message-ID:  <0b5001c01941$a8754440$c991f280@mfn.org>
References:  <0ad401c0186b$ddaddc20$c991f280@mfn.org> <20000907112141.H7718@wantadilla.lemis.com> <SEN.968301721.831641292@news.sentex.net> <39b84070.1385916732@smtp.sentex.ca>

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----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To: "graphics" <lart@mfn.org>
Cc: <questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: ATA66 troubles under 4.0R vs 3.4


> On 7 Sep 2000 00:42:02 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote:
>
> >Greg Lehey says...
> >> On Wednesday,  6 September 2000 at 20:35:08 -0500, graphics wrote:
> >> >     After seeing uncountable sudden "drive deaths" on *brand new*
> >> > drives, we did a little digging (thank god for the archives!) and
> >> > have noted the many similar tales of woe...
> >>
> >> "similar" doesn't mean "the same".  What do you mean by "drive
> >> deaths"?
> >
> >Hard read errors.  Hard write errors.  PIO fallbacks.  These are
> >things you would normally expect only from a very-soon-to-be
>
> No, not necessarily.  There are some compatility issues with particular
IDE
> controllers using the ata drivers vs. the wd drivers.

Yes, this is what we saw in the archives as well: it is what was meant  by
"things you would normally expect...".

> Especially some VIA
> chipsets as well as CMD. Also, you want to be using 4.1, not 4.0.

Have these issues been addressed in 4.1?

> ---Mike

Thank you for your kind response!  It is very much appreciated.

J.A. Terranson
sysadmin@mfn.org



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