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Date:      Sun, 3 Mar 2002 11:09:42 -0600
From:      Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net>
To:        Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FBSD 4.4 UDMA ICRC error
Message-ID:  <E16hZUf-000353-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020303104354.00bb3de0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
References:  <E16hQ8o-0003kX-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020303104354.00bb3de0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>

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On Sunday 03 March 2002 09:48 am, Scott wrote:
> At 09:38 2002/03/03 -0600, Bob Giesen wrote:
> >On Sunday 03 March 2002 01:10 am, Bob Giesen wrote:
> > > ...
> > >    The relevant hardware is:
> > > Maxtor 91303D6 13-GB HD's (both, ad0 (DOS) and ad1 (FBSD)) --
> > >    (33MB/sec UDMA mode 2)
> > > SCE (Superpower Computer Electronics) SP - A586B mobo
> > >    w/ Award BIOS ver A.9
> > > AMD K6-2 500 AFX
>
> I missed the first part of this thread, but if that's dropping to
> PIO mode error on bootup, it is almost always fixable by changing
> your IDE cables to shielded 80 pin ATA100 cable.  I'd have thought
> it would have made it to the FAQ by now as it's quite common   :) 
> (Don't think it has though.)
>
> HTH
> Scott Robbins

   I didn't try shielded cable; I might go and and get one and give 
it a try.  Why is FBSD 4.4 somehow more susceptible to this than v 
3.2?  (I have had no problems -- before or since -- on the same box, 
using 3.2.)
    (Scott, I'll forward my original message to you on the side.)
Thanks,
Bob

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one protecting your own home." -- Will Rogers (1879-1935)

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