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