On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 06:51:03PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 10:46:01AM +0300, Jukka Marin wrote:
> > [...]
> > 
> > I'm using a Soyo SY5-EHM motherboard and it has worked just fine this far.
> > With the IBM, something does not work right.
> 
> What kind of controller is it ?

pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1: VIA Technologies VT82C586A IDE Controller
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
pciide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <IBM-DTLA-307030>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd0: 29314MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 60036480 sectors
wd0: 32-bits data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5
wd1 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1: <ST34321A>
wd1: drive supports 32-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd1: 4103MB, 8894 cyl, 15 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8404830 sectors
wd1: 32-bits data port
wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2

> > Manuel Bouyer said the CRC errors happen between the IDE drive and the
> > motherboard, so it shouldn't be a driver issue.
> 
> Well, maybe timings problems can lead to such errors ...

I'll check the BIOS settings tonight and try turning of "PnP OS" if it is
enabled (although I can't see why this would affect the IDE stuff).

If I had another decent motherboard, I'd try swapping mb's, but I don't
and I'm not sure if it's wise to buy any more socket7 mb's, anyway..

  -jm