Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:19:16 -0800 (PST) From: "James J. Ramsey" <jjramsey_6x9eq42@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Semirandom bug in FreeBSD's ATA querying Message-ID: <20030112211916.12139.qmail@web10704.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030112201833.GA4253@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
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--- David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: > I have the same model drive as you do, and I haven't > had any > problems on FreeBSD 4.X or 5.0-CURRENT with any of > three IDE > controllers. The line I get from dmesg is: > > ad0: 19595MB <QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.5> > [39813/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 That would shoot down the possibility that the drive, or at least this model drive, was broken. Also would further point to a timing issue (because of the elusiveness of the bug). > I have used the drive with the integrated IDE > controllers on an > ASUS P2B-F motherboard (440BX-based, ATA33) and an > ASUS P3V4X > (VIA 82C596 ATA66 controller) For what it's worth, my motherboard is an iWill KA266plus. > Therefore, if you're having problems, they seem to > be specific to > the firmware revision of your drive, or perhaps to > the drive > itself. Or to vagarities in the motherboard's IDE controller, or timing issues in general. A timing bug, or a bug in the motherboard that WinXP and Linux work around are probably the best bets. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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