On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Derrick J Brashear wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Derrick J Brashear wrote: > > > I had suggestions for bad cable and "don't use the Promise PDC20267", so I > > replaced the IDE cable and moved the device to be (the only device) on the > > second onboard bus. I then used hdparm -d1 and we're back to (same > > command line and machine as before): > [] > > I now must do something for work but when I come back I guess I will try > > some -X switches also. > > No change with that. No change when replaced the IDE cable yet again with > another, this one still sealed in it's package. > > The machine has a PIIX4 onboard controller. I don't know if it's a > problem; If I can come up with another piece of hardware to try this drive > in, I will, but a "communications time-out" makes no sense.
hdparm -c1 -d0 -X11 -p /dev/hdc made this problem go away. Why using DMA causes logical unit communication time-out I have no idea. -D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
