On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 12:13:43PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> - what is the length of your ide cables ??

Standard, I would assume 24"....

> - which drive is the "Master" ?? which ide connector is the Master ?
>       - is the drive set to cable select or "fixed Master"

This is the only drive on the controller, and it is set to Master.

> - i assume you have the new 80-conductor cables

Yes.

> - power the machine off... wiggle the cables... pull it off and replug it
>   back in

And sacrifice uptime?!!? :)

> - use only the same speed disk on the ide cable
>       - ata66 drives only one cable
>       - ata100 drives only on another cable
>       - ata133 drives only on its cables

The only other ide drive is a CDROM, on another cable.

> - what is the ide chipset on the motherboard or pci ide cards ?

It's a Via, I forget the chipset off hand...

> - what kernel options is enabled for the ide chipsets ?

It's a stock compiled kernel from the debian install...

> - when copying data off this disk.. make a copy to a dfiferent disks
>   other than your normal backups ...  no point in copying a failing
>   disk to a "used to be good backup" until the last backups

Already started doing that :)

> - if you are using the IBM "deskstar" drives ( made in thailand)..
>   than yes.. go buy a new disk "now"  and join the class action suit

Nope, it's a Seagate...

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:wq

  Matthew Daubenspeck
  http://www.oddprocess.org


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