RE: Limit SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps-

[Andre Pietsch]

Alan & others,

> > Is it possible to set the SATA link speed somewhere?
> 
> Not sure. I've not looked whether that is in the new "force" 
> code. I don't think you can in 2.6.24 however, and 2.6.25 
> will fall back nicely.
> 
> Other than being annoying during the install it should not 
> cause any other problems beyond all the retries.
> 
SOLVED
On Seagate drives it is possible to limit the link speed by setting a
jumper on the drive! It now starts at 1.5 Gbps and runs stable from the
start.

Thanks everybody for your support!

Regards,
Andre Pietsch

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