ASUS A7N8X Deluxe and Seagate SATA

[Judokas]

FYI,

I automated this process as per some google listings:

Changed rc.sysinit (colour is red)

# Remount the root filesystem read-write.
state=`awk '/ \/ / && ($3 !~ /rootfs/) { print $4 }' /proc/mounts`
[ "$state" != "rw" ] && \
action $"Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode: " mount -n -o remount,rw /


# SATA Workaround
echo max_kb_per_request:128 > /proc/ide/hde/settings
/sbin/hdparm -X66 /dev/hde
/sbin/hdparm -d1 /dev/hde
/sbin/hdparm -c1u1 /dev/hde
# SATA Workaround End


# LVM initialization
if [ -f /etc/lvmtab -a ! -e /proc/lvm ] ; then
modprobe lvm-mod >/dev/null 2>&1
fi

I guess thats it until someone gives some feedback on the rates (if mine are too low). I have also heard that newer Kernels give higher buffer cache rates - but then someone else said NO!!! If you guys indicate it should be higher using a new kernel I will look into it as all of your info has been pretty accurate so far.

Thanks.

[sroeck]

The dma bug seems to be fixed in Kernel 2.4.22. I installed Mandrake 9.2 and dma is set by default.

I changed max_kb_per_request from 15 to 64 with
echo "max_kb_per_request:64" > /proc/ide/hde/settings

and my harddisk is performing verry well. After doing some tests ( reading and writing some GBytes ) I found none of the dma errors in the /var/log/messages file that I used to get with SuSE 8.2. Also no lockups.

It seems that finally we are settled from kernel 2.4.22 onwards
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[yavvie]

okay, i am trying to use ASUS A7N8X Deluxe and Seagate SATA 7200.7, I have BIOS version 1007. The configuration basically worked in the past because the PC was in an internet cafe, but prolly got the system off a server in the start. My problem is that the BIOS won't detect the disk. There doesnt seem to be any option to set. When i run a seagate utility (dwse_en.exe) in DOS it sees the disk and is able to see the partitions and format it / zero fill it; even low format succeeded (i guess). Still, I need some driver or suttin for BIOS to see the disk, cuz it just doesnt. When i want to install WinXP it crashes because it cant detect the disk. What am i to do? I tried to flash with a new BIOS from the ASUS webpage, but it stopped and didnt do anything for 30 minutes, then the disk got hot so i turned it off (nothing happened to BIOS). What for chrissake is with the stupid ASUS board????