Hi !
My drive is a Quantum Fireball KX 7200rpm 13.6gig.
Danny.
>From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [expert] ATA/66 HPT366 with 7.1
>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:05:49 -0700
>
>On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > "Dan B�lisle" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi !
> > >
> > > I have downloaded the brand new 7.1 and unfortunately like it
>predecessor my
> > > ATA/66 (HPT366) disk doesn't work !!
> > >
> > > At the IDE detection at the begining of the installation, the
>installation
> > > is stoped (stone) at this point.
> > >
> > > So, i have try too the SUSE 6.4 and he work very well !!
> > >
> > > Why is the problem ? Isn't my first e-mail on that.
> > >
> > > Thanks everyone !
> > >
> > > Danny.
> > >
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> > Pentium code tightens timing requirements on the drives
> > themselves and on the chipsets on the motherboards as well. 386
> > code allows much greater variance from specifications.
> >
> > If your drive is Western Digital or your motherboard is one of
> > several chipsets made to accommodate the WD drive and its weird
> > timing and the fact that it blows off the CRC, then you have a
> > problem with hardware and will be bound by it to distros who use
> > 386 code. That is the difference--Mandrake is pushing the
> > envelope in the direction of rather exact conformance to
> > specifications on the part of the hardware, while compiling to
> > maximize processor performance, and a lot of sloppy hardware has
> > been built assuming the laxity of the 386 code which is used in
> > the dominant desktop system. Now those same folks are saying
> > things like "we don't support linux" when they get tech calls.
> >
> > The "We don't support linux," answer is easy to give, apparently
> > a lot easier than the redesign to build the drive or motherboard
> > right the first time.
> >
> > Civileme
>--
>If he has WesternDigital drives, there is a floppydisk that goes with those
>drives. He must use the floppy to set the drives in UDMA66 mode. They
>won't work otherwise. BTW I am running NT4.0 on a WD20.5 G HDF and
>Linux Mandrake 7.0-2 on a 15.5 G as HDF and booting off of the HDE drive
>directly into linux.These drives are on the IDE3 port.
>
>ttyl,
>
>Don ....
>
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