Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:45:16 +0000 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } |
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Adam Sulmicki wrote: > > Hello > > Could someone explain me what the following error means and wheter > I should worry about it? > > Those messages show at bootup. The machine seems to work fine > otherwise. The error shows both for 2.0.34 and 2.0.120 (as shown > below) > > Does it mean it does not support MultiMode? -- I think it should as > it is pretty new hardware. ...
Looks like multmode is not supported by the drive. You can use "hdparm -i" to verify that.
Newer drives/systems are designed primarily for DMA use, whereas multmode is ONLY for PIO. Perhaps they just don't bother with it on that drive. -- mlord@pobox.com
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