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Michael Mortimore wrote: > > [ 0.952630] ata7: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xffa0 > irq 14 Controller UDMA/133 > [ 6.152019] ata7: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) > [ 10.997020] ata7: SRST failed (errno=-16) > [ 16.197019] ata7: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) > [ 21.042020] ata7: SRST failed (errno=-16) > [ 26.242019] ata7: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) > [ 52.103625] ata7.00: ATA-6: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0, 08.02D08, max UDMA/100 Disk UDMA/100 > [ 52.110540] ata7.00: configured for UDMA/33 So we settle on UDMA/33 (which probably explains your slow disk performance. Even if you were happy with 33MB/s the disk should end up in udma5 mode which should make the bottleneck the disk not the bus (as it in currently). > [ 52.110798] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD2500JB-00G > 08.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 So probably failing to negotiate ATA/100 is the root issue, and would explain the slow boot. Does the BIOS let you force the IDE to start at ATA/100 rather than ATA/133? Definitely an 80 pin cable? http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80-c.html Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html