Re: [ILUG] hdparm and DMA "not permitted"

From: Conor Daly (conor.daly at domain oceanfree.net)
Date: Sun 20 May 2001 - 18:22:40 IST


On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 01:14:15PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
John McCormac thought:
> Vincent Cunniffe wrote:
> >
> > > hda: Maxtor 91021U2, ATA DISK drive
> > > hdb: FUJITSU MPD3084AT, ATA DISK drive
>
> If the HD is a UDMA66/33 and there is a non-UDMA66/33 device on the same
> chain it can cause problems. The best thing would be to keep the UDMA
> devices on IDE0 and the non UDMA devices on IDE1.

And how can I tell if they're UDMA66/33?

Conor

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