I've had similar results but specifically when it's a maxtor drive and a non maxtor in the slave position. They didn't play nice at all. Now if I had the Maxtor paired up with another one running the same DMA level... no problem.
James On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 13:11, Dave Laird wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Good afternoon, Anne... > > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:53 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > There's an old saying > > > > The faster the master, > > The slower the slave > > > > It wouldn't matter which way round if you were right. > > Actually about six months back or so I did a relative speed test using a > series > of different UDMA drives on an enhanced system under various O/S platforms to > see if anything had changed since the last time. Under *certain* conditions, > that axiom no longer applies. However, I also willingly admit, despite doing a > *lot* of skull-banging, I haven't figured out why, or for that matter, what > has > changed in how hard drive parameters are recognized under Linux. > > For example, under Mandrake using a fast high-speed 40 gigabyte drive, in > approximately 40% of the time it was recognized by Mandrake as a fast drive, > and > deployed appropriately. If the slave was *also* a UDMA drive, it, too, was > configured correctly. Even a lowly Iomega Zip Drive was configured as a fast > access drive. Go figure, sez I. I even tried it using several different brands > of drives, since I was neither scientific nor exacting about it. <sigh> When > it > worked it was a thing of marvel. > > However, just now having stuck my foot so nicely into my mouth, I couldn't > then > account for the other 60% of the time when one or both drives were recognized > and configured as pokey slow EIDE drives. I repeated this test four or five > times, and even had a fast drive be recognized two *different* ways several > times. I know instinctively it is in the libraries somewhere, but I don't have > a > clue. > > FWIW, I was able to replicate the same test results using Micro$oft Windoze 98 > and backwards a time or two. For the most part, Windows 98 Second Edition and > upwards recognizes the drive geometry correctly every time. <sigh> > > Can I buy an axiom now? <grin> > > Dave > - -- > Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project > Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 01/20/2003 > Usenet News server: news.kharma.net > Musicians Calendar and Database access: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html > > An automatic & random thought For the Minute: > Reality is for people who lack imagination. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+SWccaE1ENZP1A28RApucAKCt/8hp17uC1Z7XvEXAbOcOdG/vaQCcDXAK > kRoHv4eh7qTWjLR+GL/C9Lc= > =VQIe > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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