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From: Ross Vandegrift <ross@willow.seitz.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 01:47:12 -0500
To: "D.A.M. Revok" <marvin@synapse.net>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.19, don't "hdparm -I /dev/hde" if hde is on a Asus A7V133  Promise ctrlr, or...
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:35:58PM -0500, D.A.M. Revok wrote:
> I figured out what it is, more...
> hdparm -X12 ( to set PIO instead of UDMA ) /does not/ fix it, so I dug 
> into BIOS and re-enabled the bios for that controller...

Ah, I can verify this has fixed the lockups for me too.  I previously
had the BIOS disabled cause it takes so long to boot, but recently
reenabled it.  smartctl can hapily operate on all drives now.

> Does my having the "bios" for that controller turned off create the 
> problem? ( I don't boot from those drives, so didn't see any reason to 
> have it...  )

I do now boot from my Promise controlled drives, and yes, I need the
BIOS.

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