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Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 16:41:48 +0200
From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr>
To: Thomas Moestl <t.moestl@tu-bs.de>
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Subject: Re: can't install on Blade 150 (WRITE_DMA timeout)
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On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 12:15:13AM +0200, Thomas Moestl wrote:
> I need to throttle the DMA mode to UDMA 2 on my Blade 100; the cable
[...]
> Maybe that is the case with your machine, too. In that case, the
> attached hack should help.

Thanks a million, it solved my problem!

Since the problem seems commonplace on Blade 1xx hardware (and
probably not only there), how about automating this tweak to save
people trouble? Søren?
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Pierre Beyssac						pb@enst.fr