Re: Suspend support for IDE

Mark Hahn (hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca)
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 20:01:45 -0500 (EST)


> I suppose risking screwing up the IDE cable just to get it to reach or fit
> properly in a mid-tower isn't worth losing data via CRC errors...

uh, that's an oxymoron - you specifically don't lose data because
of CRC checking.

> I now have this IDE setup:
>
> Primary master: Quantum Fireball SE6.4A
> Primary slave: Western Digital WDC AC36400L
> Secondary master: Acer ATAPI CD-ROM 40x N0AP
> Secondary slave: Acer ATAPI CD-RW 2x6x CRW6206A.

it's fairly common to have drives from different vendors,
especially oldish ones, not get along as master/slave.

> working just fine even with dma enabled. I'm using an ATA66 cable for the
> hard drives.

not to be *too* persnickety, but there's no such thing as "ata66 cable",
just 40 or 80-conductor...

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