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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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