"Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com> writes: > There has also been a lot of churn in the IDE layers recently. Linux > has learnt how to drive faster UDMA mode for more and more chipsets in > recent 2.4 kernels, but the downside is that where older kernels were > falling back to slower and safer modes, you may be able with later > kernels to push borderline hardware into the danger zone. I've had > several corruption reports which we have definitely narrowed down to > that. Looking at hardware and this issue, the German c't magazine recently reported that ready-to-run computers were shipped with ATA cables that exceeded the maximum specified 45 cm (18 in) length. These bring the danger zone much nearer than desired... -- Matthias Andree _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
