At 11:44 AM 8/17/2001 -0500, you wrote: >On Friday 17 August 2001 09:56 am, Kirby Urner wrote: > > I have 2 hdd on IDE 1, cdrw & cdr on IDE 2. I've created > > a linux partition + swap on 2nd hdd. Is infamous VIA bug > > going to be problematic (that's my bus) VT82C686 is what > > windows ME properties says. > > Either you are ME are wrong then, 'cause that's sound > > System Properties includes these entries: VIA Tech VT82C686 PCI to ISA bridge VIA Tech VT82C686 Power Management Controller > > haven't tried MDK8 yet. floppy old and corrupting disks > > (new machine but migrated drive), but after I get new one, > > want to go ahead. > > The over hyped VIA IDE bug affects your hardware, not OS. It can >affect large cross IDE file tranfers with WinME just as much as any >Linux distro or versions of. Probly more so since Windoze finds ways >to corrupt file transfers with any chipset. > > I have exactly the same setup, 2 HDD's on ide0 and CD and CDR on >ide1. I do a lot of large transfers and CD burning and I've yet to >experience any VIA bug. Some motherboards (Abit) are reported to be >more susceptible. A pci SB Live! sound card is also reported to >specially aggravate the bug. I have a Soyo which is approved by AMD for >the cpu I have (1.4 Tbird), and nothin SB. Go ahead and install 8.0 >and try to ignore the VIA bug hype. Also, it might not be your floppy >that's bad, could be Windoze. 'Course floppy drives are only $5 up too. >-- >Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay Your setup sounds close to mind (1.3 Tbird) with AMD-approved MB. The cdr is actually a cdr/dvd combo, and I have DMA checked or else dvd play is jerky. Someone above posted about Linux turning off DMA on bootup, trying to explain a WinME slow-down. If that happens at the lilo stage, then will I find DMA unchecked even on booting into ME I wonder? Could be right about floppy prob being Windows-related. I'll swap in a new one and find out -- if same prob, then I have extra floppy to commit to my slowly emerging Linux box :-D Kirby
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