I'll give that a try? Any change this could cause dammage? -Jay
Quoting Larry Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Charles A Edwards wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:38:33 -0700 > > Larry Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Check your /var/log/dmesg for a line (something like): > >> > >>Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 > >>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > idebus=xx > >> > > > > That line does not denote the UDMA state of a hd. > > It is the bus speed for all pci devices and can perform at no higher than > 33mhz. > > AGP slots and ide controllers (both of which are also pci slots) overcome > this by use of additional chips and instructions to increase their speed, but > the baseline still will remain at 33mhz. > > That is why if your MOBO supports only UDMA66 you can still use udma100 or > even udma133 hds but at no higher level than udma66 unless you make use of an > add-on controller card which contains the necessary chipset and instructions > to provide for udma100/133. > > > > > > Charles > > You are correct. My reply was too terse and unclear. By looking in this > area of the dmesg the explanations are to set the ide channels to higher > values by adding correct information to the booting sequence. I have > mine set to force the speed for the hard drive, a maxtor ata100. > > In the lilo.conf, in the append line, I've added ide0=ata66 to force the > seting.. > > Works for me. > > Larry > > -- > Sword'sEdge > Mandrake-Linux 8.2 > > > Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. 'No' is the answer! ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
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