Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Mar 2002 20:01:45 -0500 (EST) | From | Mark Hahn <> | Subject | Re: Suspend support for IDE |
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> I suppose risking screwing up the IDE cable just to get it to reach or fit > properly in a mid-tower isn't worth losing data via CRC errors...
uh, that's an oxymoron - you specifically don't lose data because of CRC checking.
> I now have this IDE setup: > > Primary master: Quantum Fireball SE6.4A > Primary slave: Western Digital WDC AC36400L > Secondary master: Acer ATAPI CD-ROM 40x N0AP > Secondary slave: Acer ATAPI CD-RW 2x6x CRW6206A.
it's fairly common to have drives from different vendors, especially oldish ones, not get along as master/slave.
> working just fine even with dma enabled. I'm using an ATA66 cable for the > hard drives.
not to be *too* persnickety, but there's no such thing as "ata66 cable", just 40 or 80-conductor...
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