Hi Bart, Thanks for assistance. On Friday 19 October 2007 21:28:43 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > No help anyone? Did I buy a taboo drive? > > > > nick@linuxamd:nick$ /usr/sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hdd > > > > /dev/hdd: > > > > Model=TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202J, FwRev=SB00, SerialNo= > > Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic } > > RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 > > BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0 > > (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 > > IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:383,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} > > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 > > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 > > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 > > AdvancedPM=no > > Drive conforms to: unknown: > > > > * signifies the current active mode > > > > > > Any help to get this fixed (by me) would be welcome. I cannot find any > > information on why this happens (or rather why the 'drive side') refuses > > to see 80-wire ide cable. > > Please try: > > http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23/2.6.23-mm >1/broken-out/ide-ide-change-master-slave-identify-order.patch No change: ide_setup: hdd=ide-cd ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA hdd: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202J, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: drive side 80-wire cable detection failed, limiting max speed to UDMA33 hdd: selected mode 0x42 hdd: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33) Nick -- Free Software Foundation Associate Member 5508 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html