I also faced a similar problem
After setting hdparm -d 1 if i do a hdparm -Tt it gives a drive seek error .
also a hdparm -i gives
udma0 udma1 udma2 *udma3 udma4
why should this happen?
Awaiting a reply
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kingsly John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [LIH] hdparm with kernel2.4.1
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
>
> |Kingsly John saw fit to inform me that:
> |>what does /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda show you ?
>
> | DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 >
> your hard disk is capable of UDMA/66 (aka udma4) but it's only doing
> udma2 ! can u check if your motherboard supports it ?(does ur motherboard
> have drivers/support in the kernel? have u enabled it ??)
>
> also check if you have a 80wire cable or 40wire cable.
>
> Kingsly
>
>
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