On 12/20/12 11:46, Felix Miata wrote:
The UDMA5 spec requires 80 wire. You're lucky if your 3.4 kernel hasn't caused data corruption on your PATA HD while using a 40 wire cable.
- thank you . . . my knowledge is limited :( - the Ribbon Cable that connects the Seagate hard disk, must now be replaced ?? - do i need to replace the 40-wire ribbon cable with a new 80-wire ribbon cable #hwinfo shows ribbon-connect hard-disk as : Device Files: /dev/sda, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3320620A_9QF7G56W, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620A_9QF7G56W, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:1:0 .................. thank you -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org