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Date:      Sun, 05 Mar 2000 22:04:46 -0500
From:      Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com>
To:        "freebsd" <george@www.timandpatrick.com>, "Jim C" <jconner@enterit.com>, "unclemib" <unclemib@gryphon.itssa.curtin.edu.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: UDMA Problems
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.20000305220405.00c89f00@pseudonet.org>
In-Reply-To: <005501bf86c9$a861e680$94082aa2@oemcomputer>
References:  <00022801244500.01267@njhome.enterit.com>

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As Johnny Carson would say it...

" I did not know that..."  :)

thanks!!
- Jim

At 07:38 PM 3/5/00 +0200, freebsd wrote:

>Also, UDMA requires an UDMA cable with 80 conductors
>in it, 40 for grounds...
>
>Maxtor drives now ship with this cable although i found
>out before they did that cable length is a big issue
>on these drives.
>
>
>No 2 things can be the same, they cannot
>exist in the same space at the same time.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jim C
>Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 8:23 AM
>To: unclemib; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: UDMA Problems
>
>
>Many people I have run across are not aware that UDMA drives require <= 18
>inch cables.  Is the cabling you are using for your UDMA drives > 18 inches?
>
>Jim
>
>  On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, unclemib wrote:
>| I am experiencing a few problems with UDMA/66.
>|
>| system is an Abit BP6 with 2 Celeron 433's, 128MB
>| memory , TNT video, and Pro100/10B NIC. I have tried both
>| Quantum CR (8G)  and KX (13G) drives.
>|
>| I keep getting a 'Read Timeout' message closely followed
>| by a 'Resetting ATA' message. This works most of the time
>| but every now and again the system completely hangs (I
>| can consistently get these messages at random times during
>| a make buildworld).
>|
>| Under 3.4 everything works flawlessly (except for disk speed).
>|
>| Has anyone else seen this? Should I wait till support for
>| UDMA/66 matures in 4.X before using it?
>|
>|                       Regards unclemib@itssa.curtin.edu.au
>|
>|
>|
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Today's errors, in contrast:
Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935"
UNIX  - "segmentation fault - core dumped"
Humanous Beingsus - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up"
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Jim Conner
NOTJames
jconner@enterit.com



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