On Thursday 03 June 2004 03:26, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >Hi, Stefan G. Weichinger, > >on Donnerstag, 03. Juni 2004 at 09:12 you wrote to amanda-users: > >SGW> Hi, Glenn, > >SGW> on Donnerstag, 03. Juni 2004 at 06:51 you wrote to > amanda-users: > >GE>> I looked at another system: an old Dell server downstairs with > a Maxtor GE>> PCI IDE card and a 2 or 3 year old Maxtor 60GB disk, > also claiming to be GE>> udma5 > >I forgot: To use udma5 you have to use an appropriate ATA (80 core) >cable for the drive.
As an aside on that point, not all drives and controllers properly detect this yet, its been discussed a bit some time back on the lkml. It seems there was only a gentlemans agreement on howto do that, so no real std was adhered to at first. Hopefully that situation has improved in new mobo designs by now. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.23% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.