> On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:58:50AM -0800, Txamoriq > wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:09:41AM -0800, > Txamoriq > > > wrote: > > > > I get those errors whenever I do a system rpm > > > > install/upgrade, sometimes after entering rpm > -Uvh > > > > <filename>, when it says "preparing", my > system > > > does > > > > not respond any further and I will have to > > > manually > > > > reboot the system. The weird part is during > fsck, > > > > there is no complains on bad sectors. Please > > > advice me > > > > on what I should do to solve this problem. > > > > The hard drive is connected to a Promise > PDC20276 > > > ATA > > > > 133 RAID controller acting as a ide card. > > > > > > Are you using an 80-pin cable between the drive > and > > > the controller? If > > > not, replace the cable first. > > > My hard drive is a ide device and not a scsi > device, > > would I still have to change it to a 80-pin > cable?? > > Yup. The newer cables - and you should have got one > with either the > drive or the controller - are required for the newer > stuff (ATA-66 and > better). I should mention it's an 80-wire cable, > not an 80-pin cable. > The connectors are the same as before. Here's an > article describing the > details on the new cables: > http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80-c.html > > To quote: > "The 80-conductor cable was first defined with the > original Ultra DMA > modes 0, 1 and 2, covering transfer speeds up to > 33.3 MB/s. The cable is > considered "optional" for those modes. However, for > any Ultra DMA modes > above mode 2, the 80-conductor cable is mandatory." > > Cheers, > .../Ed > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program
The cables I'm currently and was using are 80-conductor cables. ===== I Am The Architect Of My Own Imprisonment. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
