On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 18:51, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Sa, den 01.05.2004 schrieb jludwig um 00:32: > > > > > I might add that I see nothing about bus speed. The default for linux > > > > has been 33Mhz for IDE systems (adding idebus=133 quadruples drive > > > > speed). > > > > > > I highly doubt you have a 133MHz PCI bus. I also doubt you have tested to > > > verify this "quadrupule" drive speed. > > > > > > William Hooper > > Correct, newer systems do support this speed. Also the hard drive(s) > > must be considered in this issue. > > > jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Be aware, that idebus does not mean UDMA speed (like UDMA33 or UDMA100) > or the speed in MB/sec. On actual PC architecture the 32bit PCI bus is > rated at 33 MHz as well the IDE bus. So setting idebus to anything other > than the default of 33 is nonsense. > > Alexander I stand corrected -- must be sleeping today! -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
