[Tfug] question about idebus= thingy :)
Jeremy
tfug@tfug.org
Thu Jan 16 17:31:01 2003
Ok, like most people I find watching my linux boot up sequence to be a
riviting experience. I noticed mention of and idebus parameter where I
could pass to the kernel the speed of my IDE bus (it's just "assumes"
33, mine's 133). Is setting this a good idea? I can't find much on
google (at least not in english :). I've got a via 686 chipset which I
know isn't the world's best, so I hesitate tweaking things I know little
about as there's lots of things on a via board that get turned off by
default since they don't actually work. If I add idebus=133 or even just
idebus=66 can I expect to get lots of errors on my harddrive? Heck, is
it even worth the trouble/will make a difference?
While I'm on the suject of chipsets, anyone know where in town I can
find a good Socket 370 sdram board to replace the crappy but servicable
DFI board I've been using :). Everything seems to be DDR lately.
Thanks yet again.
Jeremy Gregorio