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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!chi-news.cic.net!hookup!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.iguide.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Jim Nelson <smartsignal@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Need help with AHA-2940 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 96 22:14:40 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 15 Message-ID: <ZNDtWL4.smartsignal@delphi.com> References: <31DD3662.41C67EA6@nap.net> <Du4pu4.HuH@alisa.org> <31E3D64E.41C67EA6@nap.net> <4s0vpf$snh@gde.GDEsystems.COM> <4s1fut$44f@jraynard.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1b.delphi.com X-To: James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> writes: >>I've seen a few comments here about "disabling the cache". Is this referring >>to the cache on the motherboard? You will notice, however, a stunning drop in speed when you try this. A couple weeks ago I was having _fun_ installing from the Walnut Creek cdrom v2.1 to a Pentium Pro - before I abandoned all hope of using IDE- anything, and turning the cache off was one idea I tried. That turned out to have no effect on anything but my patience; my real problem was that I could never get back to the ide cdrom drive after the install had completed, and unfortunately, there was always one more package to add. So I went pure scsi, disabling all on-board ide, and went merrily on my way - until I decided that a jaz drive would make a really good backup mechanism. Ouch. Square one revisited. Good luck.