On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 01:56:34PM -0500, joe@smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
I'd really prefer something that's autosensing, if that's possible, so that changing hard drives does not cause problems or require a bios flash...
It wouldn't cause any issues changing the drive. Were just talking about the cable. If you use an ATA33 drive on a 80 pin cable it works fine it just runs at ATA33 speed. My problem is I have an ATA100 drive and 80 pin cable but Linux thinks I have a 40 pin cable therefore it is only running at ATA33 speed.
So not running at the right speed is a bug, right? I'd prefer if a user didn't have to flash her bios just to get their drive to run at the correct speed...
Though, arguably this is perhaps somewhat academic nowadays - IDE is well past its prime.
Thanks, Ward.