[O/T] raptor 10000rpm ide disks

[Neal D. Becker]

On Tuesday 04 November 2003 01:30 pm, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 17:49, Neal D. Becker wrote:
> > I just got a pair of WD raptor disks, which are SATA 10000rpm.  Sweet,
> > right? No!  They are connected to Asus A7N8X MB, which has SiI3112 Serial
> > ATA (according to dmesg).
>
> [...]
>
> > This is with kernel 2.4.20-20.9.
>
> Fedora doesn't used 2.4.20-9.... wrong list? Anyway, I have the same
> board and a maxtor/seagate sata disks (7200 RPM/8 MB both). With the
> kernel you're using, I get a meg or two in transfer rate. With the
> fedora kernel (or my own) I get just above 50 MB/s.
>

Yes,  I apoligize for the O/T post (that's why I said it was O/T), but it 
really isn't entirely O/T - because you answered my real question, which is 
whether I should try fedora to see if it fixes the problem.  Thanks.