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On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 10:51:09AM +0200, Thibaut VARENE wrote:
> It also seems to me (though i cannot confirm atm) that the 'PIO mode' in
> SYM53C8XX driver improves stability.

I always use sym-2 now, because I had this strange harddisk slow down problem
with the old sym driver. That might be worth a try, too.

Thomas.