Re: raidframe: Initiating parity re-write time

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:08:53PM +0200, uhel%gmx.net@localhost wrote:
> I found 'SATA Mode Select' in the BIOS and changed it from 'SATA Mode'
> to 'AHCI Mode'. Whats the difference?

That seems to have done the trick:

> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <ST9250410AS>
> wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
> wd0: 232 GB, 484518 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 488395055 sectors
> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
> wd0(ahcisata0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 
> (Ultra/133) (using DMA)

Your system now uses much faster DMA access.

> Since the raid isn't used, should I try 'raidctl -v -i raid0' again or
> anything else to test?

You could try that if you like. But I'm reasonably convinced that the
problem is solved.

        Kind regards
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Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/