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anek93@kom.auc.dk (Arne Norre Ekstroem) writes:

>In article <4lgflf$c6h@clarknet.clark.net>, whitteng%/etc/HOSTNAME (Gary Whitten) writes:
>> I have just found out that there appears to be big problems with some
>> PCI/IDE controllers on, mostly, Intel motherboards. In particular, the
>> CMD640 or RZ1000. The problem occurs when communications are attempted
>> between devices on different IDE controllers. Small transfers are OK,
>> but large trasnfers eventually hang the sytem, requiring a
>> reboot. Very nasty. The Linux fix is to insert
>> 
>> 	hd*=serialize
>> at the LILO prompt. It seems to work.
>> 
>> To avoid this problem in future systems, can anyone recommend a way to
>> make sure a new motherboard will NOT have these problems?
>> 
>> 	Thanks for your time,
>> 		Gary Whitten
>> 		whitteng@acoast.com

>Intel offers a program to test whether a board uses the RZ1000 controller, or at least they did in November '95, when I had a use for it. You can download it from their web-site, -it's free of charge.

     I have been experiencing problems when copying data from my CD-ROM to
my harddrive and I have the CMD640 , so I guess this is probably the problem.
   Now is there a kernel which this is fixed in?