On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 02:50:36 +0530, Subhro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:05:13 -0500, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Im pretty sure Im using a 40 conductor type, as for using the same cable > > for a Hard drive then cd rom they have there own separate cables, > > Primary goes to the hard drive, secondary is to the cd rom and i dont > > use a floppy. Im not sure if the cd rom is set to slave ( manually ) > > but im going to check that tonight. The Drive does support the buffer > > under run error protection, ill give you the whole specs of my system, > > > > Amd 146 Opteron 2.0 ghz > > Asus SK8V Motherboard > > 1024mb of ram > > Sony DRU-530A Cd/Dvd Burner ( i have that model number memorized now > > thanks to my recent problems with it ) > > Here are the results from the sysctl command: > > > > <118>mtree -deU -f /usr/src/etc/mtree/BSD.sendmail.dist -p / > > <118> sendmail > > <118> sendmail-clientmqueue > > hw.ata.ata_dma: 1 > > hw.ata.atapi_dma: 0 > > <118>mtree -deU -f /usr/src/etc/mtree/BSD.sendmail.dist -p / > > <118> sendmail > > <118> sendmail-clientmqueue > > > > If you need anything else let me know im gonna pop open the box later to > > make sure the cdrom is set to slave. > > > > Michael > > > > cat >> /boot/loader.conf <Enter> > > hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 > <Ctrl+D> > > reboot <Enter> > > Does it remain? > > And check the drive ordering. Most likely that is the problem. >
Also insist on going for a 80 conductor cable instead of the 40 conductor one. They are much better and really worth the bucks. Regards S. -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
