RE: Linux 2.2.14pre13

Jones D (djones2@glam.ac.uk)
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:40:24 -0000

> You committed a mortal sin in ATA............
> You never ever mix WD and Maxtor..........on day I will document why.
> Basically these two vendors have timings that are completely
> incompatable with each other on the same channel.
> This rule of "never ever mix WD and Maxtor" is OS independent.

Maybe such incompatabilities should be documented someplace?
I have a few systems with mixed hard disks (mostly IBM's & Maxtor's)
Sometimes I get DMA not being enabled when the chipset & hard disks
are capable of it.. Could I be witnessing the same problem?

d.

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