newer VIA ide chipsets seem flaky with linux. i have a Epox MVP3G5(Super7) and it runs perfect. but once i upgraded to a p3 ...ide started getting whacked bad. now the hd could be going too, but if i were you i'd go out and get a promise ide ata66 or ata100 controller for that machine and see if that helps. it has done wonders for both of my VIA based systems at home, and im about to install one at work once i break down and reboot(74 days and counting.. sucks to lose that much uptime). the promise controllers are cheap .. US$30-40/each new for OEM parts. as for transfer rates i don't use hdparm to judge it i use bonnie or bonnie++. i think hdparm may just test the drive itself, which can be misleading once you start testing it at the filesystem level ..not that it matters to me though i want a reliable system, speed is ranked 3rd or 4th on my list.
i use the ata100 card from promise btw(not the raid one though) good luck. nate > Hi everyone, > > I am exhausted by my P3V4X board and Maxtor combo because of the > once-in-a-while system freeze due to the harddisk (some timeout out > error, and dma trouble) does anyone with that combination but works > fine? I am using kernel 2.4.3 right now... the system worked fine for > me a quite a long time > > Another thing is that I guess my maxtor harddisk is reaching the > end of its life.. and causing all these trouble (just a guess, I heard > NO weird sound from the harddisk) so I am planning to get ata100 > stuff.. can anyone suggest me some reliable/well behaves/long lasting > ata100 > harddisk+card. thanx in advance > > if I get ata100 harddisk+card what should be my transfer rate if I > try hdparm -Tt > > Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
