Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:49:20 +0000 From: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: qa@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.5-PRERELEASE (25 Dec) and IBM IC35L040AVER07-0 Message-ID: <3C2E3A60.BCC5A573@ntlworld.com> References: <3C2D5F07.C1001711@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20011229091038.F81588-100000@titanic.medinet.si> <20011230001554.A457@grosbein.pp.ru> <3C2E179F.9020108@potentialtech.com> <3C2E2EA9.5FADADC@ntlworld.com> <3C2E336C.3080506@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > > ian j hart wrote: > > 1 Cable length was definately an issue for me (40 way cable, VIA ATA33 > > with > > UDMA 66 drives). I would trust IBM on this one. > > [stable archive 08/07/01 VIA 82C586 UDMA ICRC errors] > > I forgot to put in the last post that I reconnected the cable so that it > did not exceed the length requirements. > > > 2 Get the latest BIOS and firmware. > > I'll take a look at that. > > > Then I turned off UDMA with sysctl. > > Are you referring to hw.ata.ata_dma? Can this bet set in /etc/sysctl.conf > or must it be set in /boot/loader.conf? When I did this I was using "sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio" and putting it in /etc/rc. It looks like there's been some improvement on this see man ata. > > > IIRC this was a pc-chips BX pro. > > > > 4 There's a tool to set the mode of the drive. Worth a > > try. > > Do you mean a tool from IBM? Yes. Cannot remember the name, sorry. > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technology > http://www.potentialtech.com -- ian j hart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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