Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:49:39 +0400 | From | "Vladimir B. Savkin" <> | Subject | Re: IDE problem (VIA82C586, kernel 2.2 and 2.4) |
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 11:45:30AM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote: > > I have troubles using IDE disk with recent versions of Linux kernel. > > none of the kernels you list are recent. > > > - MB: Chaintech PA-2013 with VIA Apollo VP3 chipset > > I'm sorry ;)
s/Chaintech/FIC/ ;( I'm sorry too, though I assume there's not much difference
> > > - CPU: AMD K6-III 350 Mhz > > - RAM: 128Mb PC-100 SDRAM > > - HDD: IBM DPTA-371360 > > nice disk, cheesy CPU/dram/controller... > > > I use "hdparm -d1 -X66 -m16 /dev/hda" to tune IDE subsystem at startup. > > btw, -m only applies to PIO. with modern kernels, you shouldn't have ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ didn't know, thanks
> to -d1 or -X66. what happens if you don't -X66 (just -d1)? I know, I use this command just to be sure :)
> > since you're using udma (according to your hdparm output) there's essentially > no chance the corruption is due to the drive or controller. but K6-3's are > quite hot, and super-7 boards are notoriously touchy about ram...
Actually my CPU is underclocked from its nominal clock speed of 400Mhz due to overheating :( Do you think that changing bus clock from 100 to 66 MHz is going to help?
> > > without an error 3 or 4 times. After re-enabling DMA read errors started > > how long is your ide cable? and where is the disk plugged in? The disk is mounted in 5.25'' bay and has 2 coolers near it. It feels cool enough. Can't say much about ide cable length without pulling it out ;)
> what if you switch to mode1 udma (as an experiment, -X65)?
I tried -X34. Did not help.
> > regards, mark hahn.
Thanks for your quick reply :)
:wq With best regards, Vladimir Savkin.
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