Re: Fujitsu can't work properly in UDMA2 mode

[Alan Cox]

> My problem with my HD was something similar. When I bought my new computer
> I change the speed of my Pentium II 350 to 396(+-) and the UDMA did not
> work properly, and the Hard Disk gave CRC errors. I cannot understand why
> the hard disk have problems when I change the speed of the processor. Is
> the procesor the checker of CRC of the disk? When I disable the DMA with
> hdparm the error disappear.

For the same sort of reasons that if you tune the engine of a car and go
twice as fast as you should the suspension tends to break

All the pieces are interconnected