Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 10:30:28 -0700 From: "freebsd" <george@vagner.com> To: "Bob Giesen" <BobGiesen@earthlink.net>, "Scott" <scottro@nyc.rr.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FBSD 4.4 UDMA ICRC error Message-ID: <03af01c1c2d9$265f34f0$0400a8c0@thunderbird> References: <E16hQ8o-0003kX-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020303104354.00bb3de0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com> <E16hZUf-000353-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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my maxtor 5 gig wont even boot up if it dont have a udma cable, i found this out by accident before they even had the cables available when i moved the drive from a desktop box with a 6 inch regular (old) cable to a tower with 18 inch cable. funny though my seagate drive does work in udma33 with the old cable (40 wire) its just the maxtor that dont work unless the cable is 6 inches or shorter. its a maxtor 85250D6 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Giesen" <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: "Scott" <scottro@nyc.rr.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 10:09 AM Subject: Re: FBSD 4.4 UDMA ICRC error > 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 > > -- > "You can be killed just as dead in an unjustified war as you can in > one protecting your own home." -- Will Rogers (1879-1935) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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