On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 00:19:24 +0000, you wrote:
in the hpt bios I noticed some strange config. WD80GB can be set upto UDMA2 only. DTLA 60GB can be set upto UDMA5 max, DTLA 10GB can be set upto UDMA2 max. So it seems strange that the WD can not go upto a faster speed as its ata100 hpt etc.
The UDMA setting is controlled by the manufacturer's software utility. I don't work with WD drives but I'll bet yours is set to UDMA2. Go to WD's Web site and there is probably a utility you can download to change the UDMA setting.
IBM's utility runs under PCDOS on a single boot floppy.
Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras"
If you grep the kernel changelog, you will see some evidence of how WD drives are not always capable of running in linux at high dma settings:
$ rpm -q --changelog kernel-2.4.21.0.pre3.2mdk-1-1mdk| grep -i WD * put another WD disk in the ide-dma black list. - Modify the wdelay handling.
Civileme has written a lot on this topic and maybe he can speak more to your case. You could search the list archives for this and Google will turn up some background. Here are a couple of archived posts:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg60691.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg65800.html
Rolf
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