In message <01050816532101.22428@aoife.home>, Douglas Brebner writes:

>>
>> The problem is (as far as it has been diagnosed) in PCI DMA, not
>> in the IDE part of the chip. It's just that the IDE controller
>> is the most likely candidate to do busmastering DMA in the
>> most usual system configurations.
>
>I'm pretty sure it is in PCI DMA. I had exactly the same errors with my  
>Triones/Highpoint HPT366/370 controller as with the built in one.

Hmm -- I thought I had seen other suggestions that using an outboard 
controller would help.  In fact, I was about to solicit advice on which 
one to buy.  What have other folks seen?


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb