Re: multiple mode turned off

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From: Graham Daveney
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 00:00

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Graham Daveney (daveney@speednet.com.au) wrote:
: Since I started using a second hard drive whenever the partitions for
: hda and hdc are loading I see the message "multiple mode turned off".
: 
: 
: Can anyone enlighten me ?
: 
: 
: Thanks
: Graham

it means that the kernel will not access simultaneously to both drives in
order to keep with some bad EIDE chips (namely rz1000 and cmd640)
you may use hdparm to circumvent it, but only if you are sure that your
bord does not use one of these nasty chips.
better: upgrade to a 2.0 kernel, which checks automagicaly

-- 
Nat    Linux

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From: daveney@speednet.com.au (Graham Daveney)
Subject: Re: multiple mode turned off
Date: 1996/07/14
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