(I am posting this here because I have a strong hunch this problem is
kernel-related.)
I am having problems in getting an IBM DHEA 38451 harddisk to work.
(The 38451 is an IDE UltraDMA disk with a capacity of 8.4 GB).
I am using an ASUS SP97-V mainboard. This mainboard uses an SiS 5598
chipset.
I have tried the following:
- Kernel versions 2.1.95/96 and 2.0.33
- Creating partitions < 2 GB
- Disabling UltraDMA in the mainboard's BIOS
- Changing the cable.
The worst behaviour was exhibited on the 2.1.x kernels when I used large
partitions. When I tried to copy large amounts of data to the disk,
after a while either the kernel oopsed or the "cp" process segfaulted or
hung.
Using 2.0.33, small partitions and disabling UltraDMA, I almost got it
to work. I was able to copy any amount of data to the disk with no
hickups, but most of the large files I checked have read errors.
I _have_ read the UltraDMA mini-HOWTO and it does not cover the SiS 5598
chipset.
How can I get this harddisk to work?
Thanks for any help!
Regards,
Daniel
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