Re: [BUG?] SIS IDE DMA errors

[Måns Rullgård]

Michael Frank <mhf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Suspect chipset related issue which should be looked into.

That's what someone told me three months ago, too.  Nothing happened,
though.

> You could try setting udma mode with hdparm -Xudma[12345] and see
> if it helps.  

That's the first thing I try when things go wrong.  It didn't help
this time.

> I use from a script on startup 
>
> sync
> hdparm -S 255 -K1 -c3 -Xudma5 /dev/hda.

I already tried all most combinations.  The only thing that helps is
-d0, if you can call that help.

> Note: IME, hdparm should not be used when there is substantial 
> disk activity.

I've noticed.  It usually causes the system too freeze for a minute or
so.

I'm a little frustrated at not being able copy large files without
considerable trouble.

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Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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