Re: Crashes and HDD params
On 6/23/06, Tobias Ulmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like this is an older box (no dmesg, so it's just a guess). I have
a board ('96) that doesn't do any dma, but accepts to be set to pio 4,
dma 2. This results in several crashes per day, corrupt data on ro
filesystems and so on. Changing wd to 0xffc (pio 4) does fix it.
this doesn't neccessarily mean the controller or disk is buggy, it could
just be a bad cable, which works, if not used at top speed (or, more correctly,
frequency). I have seen this multiple times with almost any os (that supports
udma)
--knitti
Re: Crashes and HDD params
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 12:50:15PM +0200, knitti wrote:
On 6/23/06, Tobias Ulmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like this is an older box (no dmesg, so it's just a guess). I have
a board ('96) that doesn't do any dma, but accepts to be set to pio 4,
dma 2. This results in several crashes per day, corrupt data on ro
filesystems and so on. Changing wd to 0xffc (pio 4) does fix it.
this doesn't neccessarily mean the controller or disk is buggy, it could
just be a bad cable, which works, if not used at top speed (or, more
correctly,
frequency). I have seen this multiple times with almost any os (that
supports
udma)
--knitti
In this case, no. It's documented in the BIOS manual of this specific
board.
Tobias
Re: Crashes and HDD params
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 10:40:56PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
Przemys3aw Pawe3czyk wrote:
Hi,
How to change HDD parameters like this:
wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: FUJITSU MPD3084AT
wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 8063MB, 16514064 sectors
wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
to get rid off the crashes I register several times a day? With very bad
results on my files.
What parameters are you trying to change? Why do you think it will have
ANYTHING to do with fixing your crashes?
The disk's parameters are what they are. The disk knows what they are,
the OS asks, the disk responds. The OS reports and utilizes them.
Other than the DMA and PIO modes, there isn't much to change.
Yes, crashes are bad on lots of things.
Altering the disk parameters is bad in much the same way...you will just
add problems, not fix them.
Nick.
Looks like this is an older box (no dmesg, so it's just a guess). I have
a board ('96) that doesn't do any dma, but accepts to be set to pio 4,
dma 2. This results in several crashes per day, corrupt data on ro
filesystems and so on. Changing wd to 0xffc (pio 4) does fix it.
Tobias
Crashes and HDD params
Hi, How to change HDD parameters like this: wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: FUJITSU MPD3084AT wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 8063MB, 16514064 sectors wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 to get rid off the crashes I register several times a day? With very bad results on my files. Cheers, warpman (Przemys3aw Pawe3czyk) http://warpman.kv.net.pl
Re: Crashes and HDD params
Przemys3aw Pawe3czyk wrote: Hi, How to change HDD parameters like this: wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: FUJITSU MPD3084AT wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 8063MB, 16514064 sectors wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 to get rid off the crashes I register several times a day? With very bad results on my files. What parameters are you trying to change? Why do you think it will have ANYTHING to do with fixing your crashes? The disk's parameters are what they are. The disk knows what they are, the OS asks, the disk responds. The OS reports and utilizes them. Other than the DMA and PIO modes, there isn't much to change. Yes, crashes are bad on lots of things. Altering the disk parameters is bad in much the same way...you will just add problems, not fix them. Nick.
