Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:16:56 -0400 | From | Chip Salzenberg <> | Subject | Re: (U)DMA Explained (Re: Kernel freeze on boot (.123-.125) in IDE init) |
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According to Andre M. Hedrick: > Are IBM-DAQA-33240 and WDC AC31600H are UDMA by default??? > If they are, you need to move them off the 430HX PIIX3. > This silly controller thinks that it can do UDMA, because it can decode > the difference in the hardware. However, you would have seen (U)DMA if > you could turn off in the BIOS timing settings.
Could you unpack that? You see, I also own an ABIT IT5H 1.5, and I also have a drive that reports as "(U)DMA". When I "hdparm -d1" that drive, it keeps working -- but is it really using UDMA? -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com> "... under cover of afternoon in the biggest car in the county?!" //MST3K
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