Re: Errors with IDE DMA beyond FAQ 14.11

2006-06-20 Thread Nick Holland
[from a few days ago] Chris Smith wrote: I am a n00b. you missed: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq2.html#Bugs ... The system still chokes with a DMA timeout after ~30mins of heavy stuff (I was compiling /usr/ports/x11/gnome as something I knew would take forever). Is this a self-inflicted

Errors with IDE DMA beyond FAQ 14.11

2006-06-18 Thread Chris Smith
I am a n00b. Installed OpenBSD3.9 from CD on a box with: motherboard: AK77-333 ram: 1GB chip:1.7Ghz AMD disk:300GB SeaGate ST3300831A The DMA timeout issue has been dogging me. - Booted the SeaGate DiskWizard and slicked the drive (~22 hours!). - Replaced the IDE ribbon