Re: 2.4.19, don't "hdparm -I /dev/hde" if hde is on a Asus A7V133 Promise ctrlr, or...

Ross Vandegrift (ross@willow.seitz.com)
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 01:47:12 -0500


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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