From: Tim T. <t....@co...> - 2003-12-23 04:43:00
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t....@co... wrote: >>Hi! >> >>Tim Tait wrote on 22.12.2003 05:39 MET: >> >> >>>Friedrich Lobenstock wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Tim Tait wrote on 21.12.2003 23:28 MET: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I am setting up a RAID-1 array on a Promise Ultra100-TX2 PCI IDE >>>>>controller[...] it is doing the initial syncing at only 3.3MB/sec, >>>>>which seem much to slow for a modern Ultra-DMA5 drives. [...] >>>>> >>>>>Searching the web I found some references to needing kernel support >>>>>for these controllers, and doesn't seems to be a known device to the >>>>>dl kernel in 1.0.2b. Also the boot log idicates the BIOS has these >>>>>drives set to pio mode. Yet the hdparm -t would lead me to believe >>>>>that UDMA is in fact working. There are on errors in the syslog. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>What if you give 1.1.x a try? >>>> >>>>ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/pub/mirror/devil-linux/devel/testing/ >>>>or >>>>ftp://ftp.devil-linux.org/pub/devel/testing/ >>>> >>>> >>>I tried 1.1.1 (12/21) but it didn't recognize the Promise chipset >>>either, and had the same results, syncs the mirrors at 3.3MB/s... >>> >>> >>Can you please investigate if there's a patch that adds support >>for this controller. >> >>PS: _Please_ use the internet style of replying ;-) >> >> >> > >I am looking into the kernel support options for the promise chipset, but I need to get my build machine back up first:) Been playing around with some distros and messed it up. I should mention I find the whole make environment in Linux very confusing, so bear with me. Is there a good primer somewhere? > >What other low-cost IDE controllers are people running software RAID-1 on with good success? >As far as top-posting, I thought I had, oops. Tough to break the habit, especially when everyone at work uses that in emails and the software defaults to it. Not that I object to it for email. > >Tim > > > >>Hi! >> >>Tim Tait wrote on 22.12.2003 05:39 MET: >> >> >>>Friedrich Lobenstock wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Tim Tait wrote on 21.12.2003 23:28 MET: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I am setting up a RAID-1 array on a Promise Ultra100-TX2 PCI IDE >>>>>controller[...] it is doing the initial syncing at only 3.3MB/sec, >>>>>which seem much to slow for a modern Ultra-DMA5 drives. [...] >>>>> >>>>>Searching the web I found some references to needing kernel support >>>>>for these controllers, and doesn't seems to be a known device to the >>>>>dl kernel in 1.0.2b. Also the boot log idicates the BIOS has these >>>>>drives set to pio mode. Yet the hdparm -t would lead me to believe >>>>>that UDMA is in fact working. There are on errors in the syslog. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>What if you give 1.1.x a try? >>>> >>>>ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/pub/mirror/devil-linux/devel/testing/ >>>>or >>>>ftp://ftp.devil-linux.org/pub/devel/testing/ >>>> >>>> >>>I tried 1.1.1 (12/21) but it didn't recognize the Promise chipset >>>either, and had the same results, syncs the mirrors at 3.3MB/s... >>> >>> >>Can you please investigate if there's a patch that adds support >>for this controller. >> >>PS: _Please_ use the internet style of replying ;-) >> >>-- >>MfG / Regards >>Friedrich Lobenstock >>____________________________________________________________________ >>Friedrich Lobenstock Linux Services Lobenstock >>URL: http://www.lsl.at/ Email: fl...@fl... >>____________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------- >>This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. >>Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's >>Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. >>Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click >>_______________________________________________ >>Devil-linux-discuss mailing list >>Dev...@li... >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss >> >> > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. >Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's >Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. >Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Devil-linux-discuss mailing list >Dev...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss > > > D*** comcast web email client! It won't not top post! Tim |