On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 12:20:16AM +0100, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> > I think there is a problem on the bus, and some lines a pulled up, so that
> > some bits always appears a '1' in the data register.
> > The "254-sector PIO transfers" doesn't looks good either; it's usually
> > 16 or 32.
> > Check your harware, especially the cable and connectors.
> 
> I did thouroughly ... changed cables, pressed on connectors, changed IDE 
> controllers but no luck :( ... still the same errors and they keep on 
> giving the same params ... everytime the same...
> 
> So ... i am out of clues now ....

Did you try this drive in another machine (say, i386) ?
Maybe it's IDE interface has problems ...

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