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 > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Ummm, read that line carefully... It is a setting for the PIO modes, not the UDMA modes...
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