At 06:18 PM 12/19/2000 -0600, Bob Nestor wrote:
>My question was based on what the LAST_MINUTE file for 1.5 contains:
>
> >[port-alpha, port-arc, port-cobalt, port-i386, port-macppc]
> >
> >        The "pciide" IDE/ATAPI disk driver included with these ports has 
> some
> >        problems with Ultra-DMA and certain chipsets, notably SiS controller
> >        chips.  If you are NOT using the proper 80-wire Ultra-DMA cable
> >        (even for UDMA 1-3), and/or you see problems about "lost interrupts"
> >        on the pciide driver, you may suffer data corruption problems until
> >        Ultra-DMA is disabled in the pciide driver.

What I am saying is that the above isn't even an issue.  the driver in question
is not built into the INSTALL kernel so there is *no* way for you to use it to
install on our B&W G3.  It can not work.
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