Was it Joel Hammer who wrote on Sunday 06 January 2002 00:32:
> I just bought a big drive. I was surprised to see they say I should install
> an Ultra/133 PCI adaptor card. The drive is 80 megs 7200 rpm.
> Do I need this card with linux?
> Thanks,
> Joel
I presume it is an 80 Gig drive. The advice I would offer is that if it
simply has a normal ide 40 pin connector, you'd be fine with standard
systems. The standard 40 pin connector only does 16 bit transfers, however,
at limited speeds; the drive may be capable of more if it has a wider
connector, or two connectors. This would allow 32 bit transfers. If it has
these, better, but not essential to drive them IMHO.
As for the transfer modes, all drives are backward compatable to slowboat
systems (mode 0,1,2,3,4 etc), although they will usually do better on DMA 1
or 2, or Udma modes. Then many drives are not run at full speed by the op
system because they're iffy at top whack, and the software plumps for
reliability. Who wants a 'maybe' hard drive?
Your chipset also becomes a question here as the drive access and chipset
integrity are often linked. What does 'lspci' reveal?
--
Regards,
Declan Moriarty
Applied Researches - Ireland's Foremost Electronic Hardware Genius
A Slightly Serious(TM) Company
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