Re: problems with Seagate 120 GB drives when mutlwrite = 16

From: Mark B
Date: Sat Oct 25 2003 - 02:20:08 EST


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.


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