Albert On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 05:56 +0000, Albert Graham wrote: > Pablo, > > Wouldn't think this is Reiser/Fedora related, it could be BIOS related, > Seagate Firmware related (e.g. if using RAID you may need *exact* same > Seagate firmware installed). > > Not sure you if you the option of turning NCQ off ? Not realised there is such option? Are you talking about the BIOS? The only thing i changed on the BIOS is the sata operation mode, from combined to "enhanced". > > This could be a faulty batch of disks too, I would contact Seagate and Of course, it could. > check, in my case I'm one of those guys who believes in hardware raid > for production machines, so failures can be resolved by disk replacement > by anyone. No problem, we haven't had data loss at all. But im still trying to figure out > > > How did you work the 3Ware firmware thing? > I put 3ware under extreme pressure to produce a fixed (patch) that allowed my to revert their firmware to a previous version (not normally possible) and that fixed it. 3ware recently re-wrote there firmware code base which caused me lots of problems. heard a lot of bad words about that firmware. Can you please give me details about how did you do that? Thanks a lot -- Pablo Povarchik - Level Next Ltd CEO Managed hosting services, the core of our work +--------- Web Hosting - Dedicated Servers - Colocation (AS41578) ----------+ | info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://www.futurahost.com/ - (+39) 0461 592710 | Special! Get a Full Cabinet + 10Mbps full burst for only EUR 1,099 per month | in our London (UK) facilities. Availability also in Fremont CA, USA. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
