Re: Can't set UltraDMA mode 2 on Quantum Fireball SE

mlord (mlord@pobox.com)
Sat, 28 Feb 1998 10:50:51 -0500

mharris@ican.net wrote:
>
> I can't set UDMA on my fireball, moreso, I can't set ANY DMA at
> all on any drives.
>
> I'm using hdparm 3.3, kernel 2.0.33.

When in doubt, try a newer kernel. 2.1.88 or newer are fairly current.

UDMA is guaranteed to be UNRELIABLE with 2.0.xx kernels.

-- 
mlord@pobox.com
The Linux IDE guy


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