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Subject: Re: Lockups related to (possibly IDE issues) ?
From: Bill Hacker <wbh () conducive ! org>
Date: 2006-09-10 7:44:23
Message-ID: 4503c257$0$786$415eb37d () crater_reader ! dragonflybsd ! org
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Matthew Dillon wrote:
*SNIP*
> slave. If you have a twisty-cable, then things get more complicated
> because the two device connectors on the cable act differently (sometimes
> even if the drive or CDRom is jumpered explicitly for master/slave).
ACK - they would do.
The 'twisty cable' should have the devices set to 'CS' (Cable Select) ONLY.
> I recommend *NOT* using a twisty cable.
Agreed. But largely 'coz they are not easy to find - or even easy to make in
UDMA-grade (shielded).
Their primary value is in making pre-configured spares for IDE hot swap not need
jumper changes, so most of these exist in bespoke housings, muhc as
externally-set SCSI-ID did.
> Just use a straight-through
> cable (both connectors on the cable act the same) and jumper the drive
> as a master and the CDROM as a slave. Put the drive on the END of the
> cable, not the middle (this is because IDE hard drives almost always
> terminate the cable properly while many CDROM drives do not, and this
> is important at higher IDE speeds).
ALSO:
- IF using HDD on *both* PATA connectors of a channel, do not expect that the
'slave' units will in all cases work well/at all if the 'master' units go
flakey. Not HDD anyway...
- When possible, keep CD & DVD on separate IDE PATA controllers from HDD entirely.
- I strongly recommended NOT using PATA secondary channels for IDE psuedo-RAID
(ATACONTROL, GMIRROR) - or even *any* critical-use device. Often better to add a
controller and waste those connectors.
- 'Proper' SATA controllers (not all are such) get around all this, as each
connection is an independent animal, just 'mapped' to traditional IDE dev ID's.
- Use of a SATA controller with a SATA-to-PATA terminating adaptor to a PATA
device can solve several of the above issues rather nicely if you have a need
for supporting the odd legacy PATA device in an otherwise SATA box.
'GigaByte' packages some that have a pull-off loop and fit available space well.
Beware the junk SATA-PATA that is also on the market as unpackaged PCB's.
PATA -> SATA whole different can of worms.
;-)
*snip* (cron issues)
JFWIW...
Bill Hacker
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