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On 2003-10-15 00:20, Mike Maltese wrote:

>>Second, where do I have to indicate that my DVD-ROM supports UDMA66? I 
>>assume that after saying "atacontrol mode 1 udma66 udma66", the settings 
>>are going to be vanished the next reboot.
>>    
>>
>
>Add the following to /boot/loader.conf:
>
>hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"
>
>Reboot. Check dmesg.
>  
>
Why to this file and not to /etc/sysctl.conf? I have no monitor on that 
box, so I want to make sure it is more likely to work after the reboot. :-)

>  
>
>>Third, why it does not want to set the DVD-ROM to UDMA66 (the device 
>>supports it, as well as my 80-pin cable, and motherboard):
>>    
>>
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>See above and try that first.
>  
>
But why does it sets it to UDMA33, but not to UDMA66?

Cheers,
Constantine.