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From: bill@wjv.com.REMOVEME (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Adding an IDE drive.
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In article <imsq4.13638$%M5.297255@bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
TerryM <nospam.gmtsa@nospam.wt.net> wrote:
>
>"Jean-Pierre Radley" <jpr@jpr.com> wrote in message
>news:20000214185351.E3132@jpradley.jpr.com...
>> A client running OSR 5.0.5 plugged in a second IDE hard drive (the BIOS
>> sees it, as a secondary slave device).

>> All attempts to add it to the kernel just hang:
>>
>> 'mkdev hd', and selecting 'Add an IDE drive', hangs.
>> 'mkdev hd 1 1' also hangs.

>> Running ps on another screen shows /etc/ideMAP running.

>is this a new drive? If so, you might be running into a
>compatibility problem with the drives. Most of the latest IDE
>drives are now ATA66 drives. The default setting in the drive
>firmware is to run as an ATA66 drive, but if the motherboard does
>not support the ATA66, or the other drive is a 33mhz drive, then
>you could be running into a small compatibility issue.

And the ATA66 drive I've worked with - Maxtor Diamond - 7200 RPM -
all had a special cable which the documents said MUST be used.
I didn't quibble and just changed the cable - which was included.

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