Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:37:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wdtimeout() DMA status 4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904121836020.95501-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990412172412.00ab73b0@eyelab.msu.edu>
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Well it is a laptop, and has no cable. It just plugs directly into the unit. I just sent the drive back for a replacement today. Maybe I'll have better luck this time. Thanks, ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make <patseal@hyperhost.net> | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds hosting and Design On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Gary Schrock wrote: > At 12:17 PM 4/12/99 -0700, Doug White wrote: > >On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Patrick Seal wrote: > > > >> It's a new disk. I just replaced the old disk that was giving similar > >> behavior. Could it be the disk controller or just a coincidence? > >> > > > >Bad cable? > > I've just had seagate suggest to me for a similar problem that it could > just be that the cable I'm using is too noisy and that their drives are > very sensitive to interference in ultra dma modes. Basically they're > saying I might have to go to a ATAS cable for things to work properly. I > had been seeing similar errors to that (and managed to wipe out my freebsd > installation no less too). > > Gary Schrock > root@eyelab.msu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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