Well, maybe. I've run the way for quit sometime and have experienced no problems.
Larry Jay wrote: > 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/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Sword'sEdge Mandrake-Linux 8.2
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