søn, 14,.08.2005 kl. 13.23 +0100, skrev Chris Boot: > >>>>Hi all, > >>>> > >>>>I just recently took the plunge and bought 4 250 GB Seagate drives > >>>>and a 2 port Silicon Image 3112A controller card for the 2 drives my > >>>>motherboard doesn't handle. No matter how hard I try, I can't get the > >>>>hard drives to work: they are detected correctly and work reasonably > >>>>well under _very_ light load, but anything like building a RAID array > >>>>is a bit much and the whole controller seems to lock up. > >>>> > >>>>I can't remember the exact kernel messages, and I've unplugged the > >>>>drives for now, but they were exactly like those in the following posts: > >>>>http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ide@vger.kernel.org/msg00958.html > >>>>http://www.thisishull.net/archive/index.php/t-21928.html > >>>> > >>>>All of these people seemed to be having trouble a good while ago, and > >>>>other than the blacklist fix (which I have tried...) there seem to be > >>>>no solutions to the problem at all. I can't seem to find any PCI > >>>>controller cards not based on the SiI chipset (even the expensive > >>>>ones) to replace my current card, either. > >>>> > >>>>Needless to say the drives on my internal VIA controller work like a > >>>>charm. > >>>> > >>>>Has anyone run unto this problem? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Like this ? > >>> > >>>http://www.google.no/search?hl=no&q=sata_sil+mod15+quirk+with > >>>+Seagate&btnG=Google-s%C3%B8k&meta= > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Nope, I ended up debugging the problem on LKML and Linux-IDE, where we > >>figured out it was a faulty controller... > >> > >> > > > >Glad you found an solution after all. > > > > > > > >>>>Any fixes? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Maybe. > >>>I swapped the disk for an maxtor :) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>In my case, that wouldn't have helped me at all. :-( > >> > >> > > > >True. > > > >Still makes me newer buy an seagate disk again. > > > > > Apparently the newer 7200.8 drives are much better and don't have any of > the mod15 trouble.
Still, I feel Seagate did now sell me an complete/compatible product. http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2003/03/21/0009.html I also feel they did't work with the linux kernel dudes to remedy the situation. (Did't they have an NDA on the info/fix/models ?) Maybe Im just picky :) > Mine work like a treat, and they're whisper-quiet, > which is why I bought them. Yes, that's why I bought them to. "Liquid bearings" just sounded cool. Still my PSU makes more noice. -- tigergutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> birrabrothers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
