Subject: Re: Shark IDE drive troubles.
To: Thilo Manske <Thilo.Manske@HEH.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
From: Brian D Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 05/18/1999 23:33:23
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Thilo Manske wrote:
> On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 12:32:22PM -0700, Brian D Chase wrote:

> > connected to the Shark.  The drive is a little odd in that the label on it
> > states it's a model DADA-24860, but the identity reported by NetBSD/arm32
> > is EAEA-25870.  In checking IBM's websites (www.storage.ibm.com and

> This looks *very* much like a "cable-bug" to me, data pin0.
> Look at the "difference" between those strings:
>   EAEA-25870
> - DADA-24860
> ============
>   1010001010

I think you've pretty much nailed the cause here.  With a bit of
troubleshooting and the assistance of a friend with a working Shark/IDE
setup, it looks to be the adapter board which bridges the standard IDE
cable to the 2.5in laptop drive.

-brian.
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