dma error on startup

[Ow Mun Heng]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corey Taylor [mailto:lists at versaqual.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 2:48 PM
> To: Fedora Users
> Subject: RE: dma error on startup
> 
> 
> The drive is not really that old. I bought it at Best Buy a few months
> ago. Though I think it has been manufactured for a couple years now by
> Seagate. I know it is a UDMA 100 drive, 7200RPM.

In that case, the 40pin cable _could_ be the problem. I know for a fact that
depending on some drive firmwares, the usage of a 40pin over a 80pin
cable(what it was designed for) would currupt the data on the drives.

HTH

OW