On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 01:56:34PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'd really prefer something that's autosensing, if that's possible, so >> that >> changing hard drives does not cause problems or require a bios flash... >> > It wouldn't cause any issues changing the drive. Were just talking about > the cable. If you use an ATA33 drive on a 80 pin cable it works fine it > just runs at ATA33 speed. My problem is I have an ATA100 drive and 80 pin > cable but Linux thinks I have a 40 pin cable therefore it is only running > at ATA33 speed.
So not running at the right speed is a bug, right? I'd prefer if a user didn't have to flash her bios just to get their drive to run at the correct speed... Though, arguably this is perhaps somewhat academic nowadays - IDE is well past its prime. Thanks, Ward. -- Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
