Haven't done this, but from what i've read you will
need the new IDE66 controller card and cables plus the IDE
patch for the kernel.

On 26 Sep 2000 20:17:31 -0700, Krzys Majewski said:

> "ObeseWhale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>  > okay here goes...  UDMA66 is simply a bandwidth limit on your HD. It allows
>  > your hard drive to transfer at 66 megs per second instead of UDMA33, which
>  > iss 33 megs per second.  While Debian supports udma33 right out of the box
>  > you have to compile udma66 support into the kernel.  However, your hard
>  > drive won't transfer faster than 33 megs per second very much, so the
>  > performance gain from enabling isn't as big as you might expect...  You'll
>  > likely see something like a 15% gain in speed by enabling udma66.
>  > 
>  
>  Hm,  15% gain is  better than  nothing.. I  looked through  the kernel
>  config but found no mention of udma66, where is it? -chris
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