Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 21:41:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 21:41:01 -0500 Received: from stargazer.compendium-tech.com ([64.156.208.76]:65464 "EHLO stargazer.compendium-tech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 21:40:44 -0500 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 18:40:22 -0800 (PST) From: Kelsey Hudson To: Holger Lubitz cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 160gb maxtor with promise ultra 100 In-Reply-To: <3C87C6CB.F05C3B96@internet-factory.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Holger Lubitz wrote: > recently i installed two 160gb maxtor drives. using the latest ac-kernel > (.19-pre2-ac3), they were detected correctly. however, the promise ultra > 100 (detected as pdc 20267) hangs at the partition check. last thing it > prints is "hde:" and it's dead. however, if i connect the drives to the > onboard piix3 ide, they are detected correctly, survive the partition > check, and _do_ work as 160gb drives, but slow (piix3 only supports > mdma2, no udma). if i boot the latest non-ac-kernel available on the > machine (which is the not so recent 2.4.14) the drives are misdetected > as only 137gb (of course, no 48 bit support) but otherwise the machine > works, even with the drives connected to the promise. > > so the situation is - either i use the full 160 gb, but only mdma2 data > transfer. or i use udma 100, but only 137 gb of the drives. i can't seem > to have both. > > i am out of ideas what might be causing this. of course i could just > throw the promise out and leave the drives connected to the on board > controller, but... other ideas? Check promise's website for a bios update for the controller. the earlier versions of the ultra100 don't have 48 bit lba support, if i recall correctly. Kelsey Hudson khudson@ctica.com Associate Software Engineer Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==== 0100101101001001010000110100101100100000010010010101010000100001 ===== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/