Linux-Hardware Digest #401, Volume #13 Fri, 11 Aug 00 09:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Help needed on HP Colorado 8GB and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms... (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: Linux on AMD (J Bland)
Re: Does anybody know how to make work XFree86 with the NeoMagic 256 LX+ (Peter
Mitchell)
Re: HP Colorado Tape (Tim Moore)
Re: CRC error (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Linux on AMD (Paul Milliot)
Re: Need module for wireless card (Paul Bristow)
tv tuner card problem ("Josip Jakovac")
Re: CRC error (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: Advice for celeron vs pentium under Linux (smp root)
Re: How can i install redhat5.2 with scsi ultra160 hard disk(aic7892)? (Bartek
Kostrzewa)
Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms... ("Robert M. Stockmann")
Re: URGENT : Rackmount case with riser cards and Network cards ("Robert M.
Stockmann")
Re: Horror story...please help me! LM 7.1 expert install zeroed the ("Robert M.
Stockmann")
Linksys LNE100TX v4 won't initialise under RedHat 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux not seeing SCSI tape drive (AndrewM)
LInks suggested here categorized 11 Aug ("K.Tsakaloglou")
Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms... (Kenneth R�rvik)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help needed on HP Colorado 8GB and Linux
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 09:04:19 GMT
Hi folks,
I'm trying to get a HP Colorado 8GB IDE-Tape to
backup my
data. The following error occurs on issuing a tar
cvf /dev/ht0 .
ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key = 5, asc =
20, ascq = 0
I tried several things, setting the tape from
master to slave,
using a different kernel version (now 2.2.16 with
some more
ide-patches) upgrading the tape's bios from 2.06
to 2.08.
But nothing helped.
I noticed, that I'm not the only only with this
problems. Did
anyone who experienced the error above got rid of
it?
jan
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Before you buy.
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Subject: Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 09:19:42 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alessandro Giachino) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Can anybody suggest how to use hdparms in a stable way
>to tweak the drive to run in ATA66 mode?
>
>'hdparms -d1 -c1 /dev/hda' seems to give better transfer
>rates, when checking with 'hdparms -Tt' options.
Have you made sure that the kernel supports your IDE controller chipset? My
HPT366 wasn't properly supported until the 2.4.0-test kernels were
released. I only recently got the drive to work in UDMA66 with the test4
kernel. Everything is peachy now though, I am getting 21.5MB/s with a
5400rpm drive.
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Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: 11 Aug 2000 09:56:50 GMT
>> >SuSE 6.4 have default K6-3DNow optimisation as well.
>>
>> Do they? Never seen it myself. I wonder how you get 3dnow optimisations in
>> an i386 rpm...
>
>Yes SuSE does. It's in the kernel. You can chose AMD-3D support during
>setup in YaST2. :-)
Heh, that's like saying if you choose a pentium optimised kernel the whole
distro is pentium optimised.
The majority (everything apart from the kernel) of SuSE, even 6.4, is
compiled for i386 (or ppc, apx etc) and does not use 3dnow. The kernel
doesn't do enough maths for the 3dnow patch to make a significant
difference. If you want 3dnow support in packages that will make real use of
it you need to recompile them yourself (things like xmms/mpg123 spring to
mind).
The kernel is optimised for it, everything else isn't.
Frinky
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From: Peter Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does anybody know how to make work XFree86 with the NeoMagic 256 LX+
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 03:49:01 -0700
I have an ACER with a NeoMagic 128ZV+ and 800x600 LCD
screen. This was not recognised properly by Slackware 3.6 or
redhat 5.2, and ran only in 640x480, which was pretty awful.
I got a replacement SVGA X-server, and config file from
somwhere out there (sorry - I can't remember where), and
this worked. However I have now put in a recent Corel Linux,
and this worked straight off the CD.
The SVGA driver (dated 1998) was patched, and I expect the
patch has now become part of the release. If you need it and
can't find it email me, and I will send it.
Good luck
Peter
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Colorado Tape
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:08:13 GMT
> Someone should really write up a HOWTO on getting the HP Colorado TBU to
> run. I have tried nearly everything suggested (I'm still hammering on
> it), and am still stymied. Once I get it running, I will post the
The reason there's no HOWTO for the HP Colorado is that it would be only
5 or 6 lines long, which is far below the minimums for HOWTOs. Just
kidding. Here's a start (2.2.x kernels).
The HP Colorado EIDE streaming TRAVAN tapes can use either ATAPI or SCSI
emulation but not both. My personal preference is SCSI emulation
however there is no performance difference.
1. Kernel configuration.
1a. ATAPI. Under BLOCK DEVICES select IDE/ATAPI TAPE support
(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE).
1b. SCSI emulation. Under BLOCK DEVICES select SCSI emulation support
(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI). Under SCSI support select SCSI tape support
(CONFIG_SCSI, CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST). Deselect IDE/ATAPI tape support (see
1a).
1c. Rebuild kernel, reboot.
2. Tape device identification.
After reboot, check 'dmesg' output for similar output as one of these:
2a. ATAPI.
...
kernel: hdb: HP COLORADO 20GB, ATAPI TAPE drive
...
kernel: ide-tape: hdb <-> ht0: HP COLORADO 20GB rev 4.01
kernel: ide-tape: hdb: overriding capabilities->speed (assuming
950KB/sec)
kernel: ide-tape: hdb: overriding capabilities->max_speed (assuming
950KB/sec)
kernel: ide-tape: hdb <-> ht0: 950KBps, 13*32kB buffer, 9248kB pipeline,
60ms tDSC, DMA
..........................^^^
In this example the tape is physically attached to ide0 as a Slave
(hdb), the kernel device associated with hdb is 'ht0'. Tape access will
be via /dev/ht0? and /dev/nht0? (see st(4). Most people link /dev/tape
to the norewind device (cd /dev; ln -s nht0 tape).
2b. SCSI emulation.
...
kernel: hdb: HP COLORADO 20GB, ATAPI TAPE drive
...
kernel: scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
...
kernel: Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun
0
kernel: Vendor: HP Model: COLORADO 20GB Rev: 4.01
kernel: Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision:
02
kernel: Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
...........................^^^
In this example the tape is physically attached to ide0 as a Slave
(hdb), the kernel device associated with hdb is 'st0'. Tape access will
be via /dev/st0? and /dev/nst0? (see st(4). Most people link /dev/tape
to the norewind device (cd /dev; ln -s sht0 tape).
Also see mt(1), rmt(8), st(4), stinit(8), tar(1), dd(1), dump(8),
restore(8),
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
Hardware-HOWTO: 28.3 Tape drives
--
timothymoore
bigfoot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: CRC error
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 06:56:03 GMT
Norbert Stoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi
>I've installed RH6.2 on a Mitac MiNote 6120 from CDROM without problems.
>But when I reboot the system, my linux box hangs. LILO says
>Uncompressing linux...
>crc error
>--system halted
>When I turn off my L1 Cache in the BIOS settings, it works, but very
>slow, of course.
[...]
Damaged cache chips, broken processor fan or bad memory modules.
Michael
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From: Paul Milliot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:31:57 GMT
Hi,
Boddhisatva Troutwaxer wrote:
>> shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I am thinking of setting up Linux on an AMD machine. Did you
>> have any
>> >problem with the install or after the install?
>> >
>> >Shook
>>
>> The one issue you should be aware of if you are using AMD to save
>> money is that you cannot go cheap on the memory. Linux really
>> needs to have good, high quality memory.
>>
>> Also, if you have one of those motherboards that uses both kinds
>> of memory, be aware that the 72 pin implementation on some of
>> those motherboards is not very good. Return your 72 pin memory to
>> the store and get the good stuff.
>>
>> I also had terrible problems with overheating the first time I
>> tried an AMD, but that was because I had a ribbon cable caught
>> in the fan. ;)
Funny I've got exactly the same problem.
I think this is an AMD thing. :-)
>I've set up an AMD K-6/3 3DNow on an Epox mobo , with 2x64MB PC-100RAM.
>It's pretty nice. Yeah, you do need a good heatsink and a good ball
>bearing fan.
I run the Mandrake 7.1 distro on an AMD 350 Mhz with 96 MB PC-100RAM
without any kind of problem.
A dream.
Until next time,
Paul (from France).
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From: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Need module for wireless card
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:34:13 GMT
There is a driver out there. Start at
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ which is all
about Linux and Wireless LANs.
"M. Maraun" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> i have for Win9x a wireless card, but the company have no module for linux
> :-((
> Hardware:
> www.diamondmm.com Homefree PCI and ISA 1MBits
>
> Can someone help ?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> M.L.M 1950
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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ICQ: #11965223
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From: "Josip Jakovac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tv tuner card problem
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:42:51 +0200
I have a Genius video wonder pro tuner card and i do not know how to make it
work under the Red Hat 6.0 Linux.
Could you help me, please....
Josip Jakovac
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Subject: Re: CRC error
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:49:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>When I turn off my L1 Cache in the BIOS settings, it works, but very
>>slow, of course.
>
>[...]
>
>Damaged cache chips, broken processor fan or bad memory modules.
Or overclocking gone bad (provided the FSB has been increased...) ;)
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Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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Subject: Re: Advice for celeron vs pentium under Linux
From: smp root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 03:49:42 -0700
i can only suppose that you guys are pretty high up on the seti
classification :-)))
glad we got all that cleared up.
cheers!
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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:25:55 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can i install redhat5.2 with scsi ultra160 hard disk(aic7892)?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> When i install redhat5.2,kernel couldn't find my hard disk?
> redhat 5.2 didn't support scsi ultra160 aic7892,only support
> aic788x.How can i install redhat5.2?
>
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> Before you buy.
Just use the aic78xx driver, it works for me.
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From: "Robert M. Stockmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms...
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:01:17 +0200
"Kenneth R�rvik" wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alessandro Giachino) wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >Can anybody suggest how to use hdparms in a stable way
> >to tweak the drive to run in ATA66 mode?
> >
> >'hdparms -d1 -c1 /dev/hda' seems to give better transfer
> >rates, when checking with 'hdparms -Tt' options.
>
> Have you made sure that the kernel supports your IDE controller chipset? My
> HPT366 wasn't properly supported until the 2.4.0-test kernels were
> released. I only recently got the drive to work in UDMA66 with the test4
> kernel. Everything is peachy now though, I am getting 21.5MB/s with a
> 5400rpm drive.
thats pretty fast, if i may say so. I think only 10k rpm drives will
reach up to that level.
regards
Robert
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From: "Robert M. Stockmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: URGENT : Rackmount case with riser cards and Network cards
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:04:44 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hiya. We are trying to build a rackmount system in a 2U case. The
> case is a Procase IPC 2U one with 3 PCI risers. Now, we need to have 2
> PCI network cards and a PCI vga card. When we do this, both Network
> cards are assigned IRQ 10 by the bios, and subsequently, under redhat
> 6.2, only one will work (the other clains the IRQ may be blocked). We
> have tried this with Netvin RTL8139B cards and 3COM cards and the
> problem persists.
>
> Can someone please assist of give me some pointers ?
Enter the BIOS and assign different IRQ's to different PCI
slots.
> Thanks
>
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From: "Robert M. Stockmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.madrake,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Horror story...please help me! LM 7.1 expert install zeroed the
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:12:23 +0200
Paolo Servadei wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Here's the horror story i experienced this afternoon.
> I a word...LM 7.1 install won't recognize my FastTrack 66
> RAID adapter, considered it some sort of non supported ide
> PCI controller...and "repaired" the "bad" partition table...
> All this with expert install, and having explicitly choosen to
> leave the partition table alone, and to NOT format any partition.
> If you want detailed infos, read the rest of my posting.
> If you know that there is some sort of log of the operation
> that were done to the disks, i could recreate the partitions and get
> back the VERY VERY important files i missed (just deleted from
> any other media, having scheduled for tonight to burn most of
> them on cdr's.
>
>
> The installation process of Mandrake 7.1 broke up a RAID0
> stripeset, erasing all the information about the partitions
> contained in such stripeset.
> This is nothing less than terrible, as i had many gigs of
> apps and data, that are not mirrored in any other disk, and
> that i didn't backup...:-(
> It's the worst disaster in my informatic life, cause i missed
> hundreds of technical documents, that were previously mirrored
> on a Jaz drive, and that i erased on the Jaz cartridge just
> yesterday...and that i planned to burn on a cdr this evening.
> In the meantime i decided to install Mandrake 7.1, and now
> everything is gone.
> In a few words, my hardware is as follows:
> Abit BP6 dual with Celeron 366, on-board HPT366 controller
> with a cd and an old eide HD connected, an Acard scsi-2 Ultra
> adapter with a Plextor cdr (and occasionally a Jaz connected
> externally), a Promise FastTrack 66 RAID adapter with two
> Maxtor 10GB 7200rpm configured in RAID0, and another Maxtor
> 10GB 7200rpm connected to the first eide port of the BX
> chipset, like boot disk.
> Previously everything worked extremely well, and after a major
> hardware swapping i have just added Win 2000 Pro (ACPI SMP
> kernel) to the Win 98 and NT4 Server OSes already present.
> I started the installation of Mandrake 7.1, with boot
> floppy for cd install, and the cd inserted into the cdr
> connected to the Acard scsi controller.
> Everything was running well, at first, but i had to do
> all my choices with the keyboard, cause i used an USB mice
> that was not recognized, even after i choose "USB 3 buttons"
> for mouse hardware.
> The other choices i did were expert installation, and Server
> computer.
> When it came to the choice of the install partitions, i tried
> to make the system use the three partitions i had already
> created with Partition Magic 5.0.
> The root partition was at the end of the eide HD connected to
> the main controller, while for the swap and the /home mounting
> point i choose the ext2 and Linux swap partitions already
> available on the small (1.2GB) eide disk connected to the HPT366
> UDMA66 on-board adapter.
> I choose to NOT format any partition...but before it started to
> install the .rpm packages the message "formatting" appeared for
> a couple of seconds on the screen.
> What's more intersting is that BEFORE all this, when i came
> to the partition selection screen, a message appeared saying that
> there were problems with the partitions, and asking if it should
> fix it; i choose cancel (NOT OK!), and i went on.
>
> I suppose that it "fixed" something anyway....and my RAID became
> an emty one...still usable and healthy (Promise bios checks for
> it at every boot), but with no partitions defined!
>
> What makes me crazy is that all the data are still there,
> but i have no idea about the exact size of the three partitions,
> so i can't recreate it.
> I swear that trying to read the disk "physically" would
> bring to nowhere, as it's not a single physical disk, but a
> virtual drive where all the writes are split between the
> two disks, in such a way that only the Promise bios can
> interpretate.
> I didn't wont to do nothing before asking for help, but i am
> afraid that software like Tiramisu and the like could be of
> no help for me (but we say in Italy that "the hope is the
> last to die...").
> Am i wrong?
>
> Anyway...the installation process did not succeed, cause after a
> while the computer suddenly rebooted.
> It was about at one third or less.
> After the reboot i looked at what happened and i found out that
> all my RAID partitions disappeared!
>
> The only hope to recreate the original partitions i can
> think of (with my small knowledge of Linux systems), is that there
> could be somewhere a log file that listed all the actions that the
> installation process did to my disks...
> I hope you could help me.
> If i loose all the content of the three RAID partitions, it would be
> one of the worst nightmares i could even dream of...
> I had no cdr backup of 90% of it, cause i needed the drivers, docs,
> technical literature, capture of Web sites, for my everyday work of
> hardware assistance...so i preferred to keep everything on a faster
> HD, with a Jaz cartridge that mirrored its content.
> In the last two days i erased the Jaz cause i needed it, and i
> transferred everything on two of the RAID partitions, cause the HD
> were the data resided became one of the two disks of the stripe set!!
> I was not feeling good with just one copy...and i planned to backup
> everything on cdr media tonight...but i had the bad idea to install
> Linux in the afternoon:-(
>
> Please forgive my convoluted english, and my long and heavy posting.
>
> I am in your hands...please give me some advice!
> please drop me a line by email if you see some way to get out from
> this very uncomfortable situation, i can't monitor this newsgroup as
> i'd like to be able to do (take out NONAG from my address!)
> thanks
well you had your lesson. Now please ditch that dinky toy RAID system
and use serious gear, with a more serious/professional attitude.
[msg(DDB)] ?? mandrake
-DDB(~[EMAIL PROTECTED])- mandrake =
Totally
fucked distro based on RedHat. we can't fix it
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linksys LNE100TX v4 won't initialise under RedHat 6.2
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:07:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had to get a new card for my PC as it got zapped by a lightning storm
this past week. My original card was a Linksys LNE100TX - EtherFast
10/100 PCI Lan card that has worked wonderfully for my cable modem. It
was a version 2.0.
I went to purchase another Linksys LNE100TX which is now at version 4.
When I rebooted the PC after installing it, Linux won't find the card
on bootup. I looked in the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf file and it lists a
card there, but it doesn't say it's a Linksys card or a DEC Tulip chip
card which the Linksys card is.
I've tried running kudzu to setup the card, but it won't ask me any
questions about it. It just identifies it as a PCI Network card. I've
renamed the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and ran kudzu and the only PNP device
it found was my CD Writer (or at least, it was the only thing it asked
me about). It had identified all my other PCI devices, including the
network card, except it has it listed as unknown. If I remember, it
used to say DEC Tulip chip or something like that. Or, I could wrong on
that count.
I have the tulip driver compiled into my kernel. Under my LILO
configuration, I have the boot-up commands set to identify eth0 at IRG
9, I/O 0x6800 which is what it's at (even under Windows 98).
But, when Linux boots up, it never shows it initializing the tulip
driver at all. I see my other network card (an SMC Ultra) being found
and initialized. But, there are no messages (error or non-error)
showing it found my Linksys card.
The link light on the back of the card is lit, so the card appears to
be functioning. Under Windows 98, it is found and initialized. So, it
works there.
When Linux attempts to bring up the network, eth0 fails (since it
can't find the card) but eth1 is fine and comes up (it's for my
internal network outside of the internet).
What can I do to make Linux find the card? As I said, I've used this
card before with no problems, except my previous card was version 2 and
the new card is version 4.
Thanks for any help in this matter.
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From: AndrewM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux not seeing SCSI tape drive
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:08:52 GMT
relevant part of dmesg is:
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 1 host.
The SCSI card sees the tape drive, and after my first reboot Linux did
too, but after successive reboots it does not see it. On another Linux
box the tape drive is always seen.
How can I get this one linux box to see the tape drive? I am using an
adaptec 2930 SCSI card. Kernel version is 2.2.12-20.
Thanks for any help,
Andrew
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From: "K.Tsakaloglou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LInks suggested here categorized 11 Aug
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:21:29 +0300
Links suggested in the newsgroup's messages are categorized at
http://links.hellug.gr
K.Tsakaloglou
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Subject: Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:39:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert M. Stockmann) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Have you made sure that the kernel supports your IDE controller
>> chipset? My HPT366 wasn't properly supported until the 2.4.0-test
>> kernels were released. I only recently got the drive to work in UDMA66
>> with the test4 kernel. Everything is peachy now though, I am getting
>> 21.5MB/s with a 5400rpm drive.
>
>thats pretty fast, if i may say so. I think only 10k rpm drives will
>reach up to that level.
I have to admit, it looked a bit fast for me too. However, most people
report values in the range 15-20 with UDMA4, so it's probably not that much
off. I am using hdparm -u1 -c3 -m16, the drive uses UDMA4 by default(2.4.0-
test5 kernel), and the system is AMD K6-2 550, with offboard Abit Hotrod 66
controller, and a quantum lct10 10G drive, plus 192M of RAM on 100MHz FSB.
The chipset is Ali Aladdin V. The hdparm -tT speed has increased a little
with every major upgrade to the computer. I started out with the standard
MDK 2.2.14 kernel and 32M RAM (and a K6-2 333, this resulted in 11.5MB/s)
and have later upgraded most vital parts of the system.
Has anyone else seen similar throughputs with 5400 rpm drives?
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Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
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