[plug] Just what's broken here?

[Brad Campbell]

> I don't know about ST + WDC on the same channel, but you might find they
> have a problem too.  Can you swap /dev/hdb and /dev/hdc?
> 
> Alternatively it could be an incompatibility between the ST and the SiS
> chipset "00:01.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems 5513 (rev d0)"
> (do people still use SiS chipsets)
> 
>  - Matt
Funny you should mention that..
The machine I had problems on is a SIS chipset too..
85C5513 ( Rev 208 )
The same controller.. Almost..
I have heard that WD Hard drives don't tend to be well behaved when
sharing
an interface with non WD Drives..

Brad..