Here is a question I sent to Quantum (disk drives) along with the response I received from them. Does anyone know if their response is bogus? Matt >===== Original Message From DiskSupport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== Matt The drive is fine. What happens is during bootup 140k of diskware (firmware) is put into the buffer (cache) and that is why your bench marks are reporting 371K. Doug Product Support Engineer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 8:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Disk Fireball Plus KA Interface ata-tuyen FirstName: Matt LastName: Thompson Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Location: North America - U.S. Serial_Number: Drive_Part: Drive: Fireball Plus KA Interface_Type: ata OS_Type: Linux OS_Version: Linux Mandrake 6.1 Computer: BIOS: BIOS_Version: Adapter: SCSI_ID: Select Value Termination: Select Termination Drive_Position: Primary Master with Slave Description: I installed a Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18GB) drive on my PC and I ran some benchmarks that show the drive having 371Kb cache. The drive is supposed to have a 512KB cache. I ran "hdparm -Tt" and also "cat /proc/ide" Both the following show the drive having 371Kb cache. I am also running NT4 Workstation(w/ SP4) and Windows 95 (OSR2) on the same PC, so I can run Windows/DOS programs if you need me to. Has this issue been reported before? Please help! Thanks in advance, Matt ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
