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From: Richard Fish <rjf@estinc.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: Samsung VG34323A UDMA problems - 2.2.0pre1
>Charles Cazabon wrote:
>> Nextmost likely is poor quality IDE cable, or too-long cable. UDMA specs
a
>> shorter maximum cable length than plain old vanilla IDE. I can't
remember
>> the maximum allowed length off the top of my head, but in the shops I've
>> worked at, we tried to limit IDE cable runs to 18 inches for UDMA drives.
>
>For our Seagate Medalist Pro 7200rpm drives, 18-inch cables will corrupt
>the filesystem. The longest cable I've been able to use successfully
>with these is a 14-inch.
>
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