Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: access beyond end of device errors in 2.2.13pre18 AND 2.2.5 | Date | Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:10:54 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Turning OFF DMA on my WDC __IMMEDIATELY__ removed this problem (attempting to access beyond end of > device). However, I now suffer from slower disk access. I'm using 2.2.6 - 2.2.12. Never had this > problem with 2.0.3x.
There are several things you should do here. Firstly go for a dig on the WDC site. Some of the older WD drives have DMA errata. They also have a firmware fix available. Also check your cabling. DMA modes don't do any kind of checksum protection unlike UDMA so a cable problem could show up this way
Alan
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