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Date:      Mon, 26 May 2003 10:52:21 +0200
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_P=E5lsson?= <sm7wqo@sk7dd.com>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Promise IDE RAID problems (UDMA33)
Message-ID:  <4.1.20030526105217.02effb30@bamse.ktv.se>

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>>I have a problem with my Promise TX2000 controller, and probably an=
 SX6000.
>>The run UDMA33 insted of UDMA6 (Promise configuration) - well at least
>>FreeBSD says UDMA33.
>>
>>My demsg says;
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-
>>ad4: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
>>ad6: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
>
>cable is backwards.  controller end must go to the controller
>
>Len

Are you sure Len? Maybe this guy used an old ATA33 cable not knowing
the difference or the discs are old ATA33?? I really would like to know the=
=20
trick you use to see the color of a cable just by reading a mail!

If you are writing to this list, you are supposed to have basic knowledge=20
about your machinery. I think Gorm has checked his cables.

By the way, this topic and the same brand was up last week. My TX4 has=20
the same problem and trust me, if you work as sysadmin, you check your=20
cables before writing here.

And to Brian, still no luck with my machine so I will rearrange a little=20
in my rack and use this machine as a Win2k machine for those people who=
 thinks
ASP is the gift from god to humanity. No more Promise TX4 on BSD!

// Bj=F6rn=20



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