[Bulk] [CentOS] hda dma seek errors

On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 19:54 -0700, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> Motherboard -  KT7A-RAID  using  AMD 1.3Ghz Athlon Thunderbird
>  Chipsets   -  VIA Apollo KT133A with VT8363A and VT82C686A

Yep, I had that _exact_ mainboard.
82c686[A] was the PITA of ATA-4 UltraDMA mode 4 capable designs.
Even the early VT823x's were an improvement.

DMA timeouts were regular with different kernels, especially IBM (also
WD at the time) drives.


-- 
Bryan J. Smith     b.j.smith at ieee.org     http://thebs413.blogspot.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The best things in life are NOT free - which is why life is easiest if
you save all the bills until you can share them with the perfect woman