From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GpXNj-00078y-Tl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:54:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kATLojG4008815; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:50:45 GMT Received: from alnrmhc14.comcast.net (alnrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.225.94]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kATLjZa9008217 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:45:36 GMT Received: from [127.0.0.1] (c-68-61-57-176.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[68.61.57.176]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20061129214533b1400pd0she>; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:45:34 +0000 Message-ID: <456DFF79.1050202@comcast.net> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:45:29 -0500 From: Chris Walters User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] SATA II Hard Drive problems - revisited... References: <456DACA9.3000602@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0652-0, 11/29/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Archives-Salt: f9749d5f-5e74-4bb3-a410-c6bbb6a00e0b X-Archives-Hash: 1d66fa50a977ee413e11b6af5e5e82f9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 James wrote: > Chris Walters comcast.net> writes: > >> I thought I'd give an update on my hard drive situation. By using >> "hdparm -I", rather than "hdparm -i", I was able to find out that my >> hard drive is operating in UDMA6 mode in Gentoo. > >> Thanks to all who tried to help. > > Hello Chris, > > This is a 'long shot' in the dark, cause I have not read anything about > your problem, but, do make sure you check for any 'pc bios' settings. > Linux is suppose to ignore bios settings and do it's own thing, but, > at least on video ram, I've had to adjust the factory defaults to get > max video ram on some systems. I think there are a few bugs floating > about with how the linux kernel and the default bios interact. > > > just a wag (wild ass guess) > > > James Hello James, Well, since this this thing is nearly brand new, and UDMA worked in Windows until some time after I installed Gentoo (I don't think Gentoo had anything to do with it), I doubted it was the BIOS - I checked anyway. Everything that should be enabled is set correctly. I am certain that it is a Windows problem - probably from some software I installed. Anyway, thanks for the advice. Regards, Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFFbf9zUx1jS/ORyCsRCE4MAJsERM0mmcMTZFMTogmx5rij5OsLbACeNxLS XrYbOCr5GpRcFWP5bA0LZD8= =LF70 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list