Subject: Re: IDE DMA problems (1.4.2)
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/25/2000 23:11:42
On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 08:48:28PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 06:00:36PM +0300, Jukka Marin wrote:
> > Could this PCI bus problem also cause the IDE CRC errors or are the CRC's
> > between the IDE interface and IDE drive only?
> 
> No, CRC are only between the IDE controller and drive (it's checked by the
> hardware).

Ok.

> Did you notice if it happens more often when you use the new
> devices, or does it seems unrelated ?

It happens (I believe) only when I access the new disk.

I'll try putting the new disk on the secondary IDE channel and leave the
CD drives unconnected (as soon as I can shut down that machine).

  -jm