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From: "Arve Knudsen" <aknuds-1@broadpark.no>
Subject: Re: System freeze when transferring large files (libata)
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:17:36 +0200
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:59:21 +0300 (EEST), Catalin BOIE  
<util@deuroconsult.ro> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Arve Knudsen wrote:
>
>> I switched ports/cables, and lockup (DMA timeout) still occurs with the  
>> Maxtor only. I take it we can rule out the possibility of a quirk  
>> related  to the combination Promise/Maxtor? Looks like I'll be  
>> replacing this drive  with a Seagate soon.
>
> I don't know if seagate is the way to go.
> Check the blacklist in the kernel. There are a lot of drives listed.
> Maybe the new ones don't have that problem.

 From what I recall there was a problem with Seagate and Silicon Image, no?  
My current Seagate drive seems to coexist just fine with the Promise (TX2  
Plus) controller.

Regards

Arve Knudsen