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Date:      Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:11:39 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Constantine <cnst@rbcmail.ru>
Subject:   Re: atacontrol(8)
Message-ID:  <200310142311.39354.kstewart@owt.com>
In-Reply-To: <002401c392d9$e270fd00$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com>
References:  <3F8CC8BD.50702@rbcmail.ru> <3F8CCD0A.9090007@rbcmail.ru> <002401c392d9$e270fd00$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com>

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On Tuesday 14 October 2003 10:04 pm, Mike Maltese wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> :-)
>
> I can't remember exactly why, but trust me, it will work.
>
> > But why does it sets it to UDMA33, but not to UDMA66?
>
> Have you actually tried it yet? It should automatically set it to the
> drive's highest capability (controller allowing). Frankly, I've never
> seen a DVD drive, or any other optical drive for that matter, capable
> of DMA66, nor would it even need to be (33 is the highest I've seen).
> In any event, give it a try, I'm sure it will work.
>

acd0: DVDROM <ATAPI DVD-ROM 16X Maximum> at ata1-master UDMA66

The controller is capable of ata-100.

Kent

-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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