From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262531AbTJYHRu (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2003 03:17:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262538AbTJYHRu (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2003 03:17:50 -0400 Received: from as102.hinet.hr ([195.29.150.42]:23300 "EHLO as102.htnet.hr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262531AbTJYHRt (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2003 03:17:49 -0400 From: Mark B To: kris Subject: Re: problems with Seagate 120 GB drives when mutlwrite = 16 Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:23:27 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <1066578892.3091.11.camel@borg-cube.lan> <200310191908.14369.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <1067002420.3015.7.camel@borg-cube.lan> In-Reply-To: <1067002420.3015.7.camel@borg-cube.lan> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310250923.27866.mark@lemna.hr> X-Trace: as102.htnet.hr 1067066347 22771 195.29.150.2 (Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:19:07 +0200) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Friday 24 October 2003 15:33, kris wrote: > The 60GB disk (with the OS) is working fine on my nforce ide controller. > but the 120GB disks are not... I verified, it is not a cabling issue... > used different cables, different lengths, at the moment they are > connected with shielded rounded cables. > > Is there a fix for this ( not the workaround ... disabling dma) or are > these 120Gb disks just plain bad choice.... ;( No, the same is on smaller Seagate disks, I have alot of 40GB Seagates running on 2.4.16/18 and they put the message on every boot, I can't remember 100% for 2.4.16, but 18 definetly. -- Mark Burazin mark@lemna.hr ---<>---<>---<>---<>---<>---<>---<>---<>---<> Lemna d.o.o. http://www.lemna.biz - info@lemna.hr <>---<>---<>---<>---<>---<>---<>---<>---<>---