Subject: Re: VIA chipset problems - what is recommended solution / workaround?
To: Kent Polk <kent@goathill.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/14/2001 22:21:48
On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 07:26:55PM +0000, Kent Polk wrote:
> I thought I'd contribute a little bit of possibly interesting information.
> 
> I just picked up a :
> wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <FUJITSU MPF3102AH>
> wd1: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
> wd1: 9773 MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 20016348 sectors
> wd1: 32-bit data port
> wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66)
> 
> in addition to my :
> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 83201A6>
> wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
> wd0: 3060 MB, 6218 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 6267744 sectors
> wd0: 32-bit data port
> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
> 
> 
> When I run the MPF3102AH as wd0, it experiences all of the

With the Maxtor 83201A6 as wd1 on pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 ?

> "pciide0:0:0: lost interrupt" behaviours that have been mentioned.
> Basically it can't run as wd0.
> 
> However, it runs just fine as wd1... Right now I'm booting off of
> wd1 and it's working great.

Is it defined in the bios (probably as D or E) ?
Also, is it connected to same cable when as wd1 and wd0 (i.e. do you swap
cables on motherboard instead of drives) ?

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