[plug] Just what's broken here?

[John Summerfield]

> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, John Summerfield wrote:
> 
> > /dev/hda:
> >  Model=ST38421A, FwRev=8.01, SerialNo=5BD070J3
> > /dev/hdb:
> >  Model=WDC AC32100H, FwRev=23.07N06, SerialNo=WD-WT335
> > /dev/hdc:
> >  Model=Maxtor 88400D8, FwRev=NAVX171F, SerialNo=L80FLY3A
> 
> Sounds like an incompatibility between the drives to me.
> (I hadn't suggested this earlier, because you didn't say in your original
> post that "It's a NEW DRIVE dammit.")
> 
> I have been told authoritatively that if you had put the WDC and the
> Maxtor on the same channel you would have almost definitely seen problems
> 
> "WD + Maxtor (same channel) == cat and dog in bag."
>  -- Andre Hedrick (the linux IDE guy.)
> 
> 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?

There used to be a ST31270A on /dev/hda; there was no problem there. The 
ST31270A is now in my Pentium II (ASUS, LX+AIC7880) system where all goes 
well. The ST31270A was in another box (Gigabyte, TX chipset) where it 
always timed out at bootup and generally gave everyone a headache.


I think I'll start with something simple; a 2.2.12 kernel - I have one to 
hand. Then, if that fails, shuffle drives.

I CAN replace the WD drive with a Fujitsu provided I can safely rearrange 
my data. I don't care to lose the contents of th WD, but the FJ drive has 
RHL 5.x which can go.

 
> 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
> 

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John Summerfield
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