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On Wednesday 15 December 2010 12:24:58 Dale wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> > |
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> > <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> On Wednesday 15 December 2010 05:54:40 Dale wrote: |
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> >>> According to the mobo manual, if I enable AHCI, it is hot swappable. |
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> >> |
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> >> and enabling AHCI is the only sane option. So do it. |
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> >> |
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> >>> I |
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> >>> just ain't to comfy doing it. I'd like to see it done with no smoke |
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> >>> getting out first. |
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> >> |
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> >> no smoke. Worst case: controller hangs, you have to reboot. |
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> > |
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> > The worst case is _slightly_ worse than that, but certainly no smoke. |
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> > Some systems (my 6 drive RAID compute server for instance) changes |
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> > drive mapping between AHCI and compatibility modes so I had to adjust |
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> > /etc/fstab. If Dale is using labels of some type he will likely be |
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> > better off than I was. |
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> > |
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> > There certainly won't be any harm caused by changing the BIOS setting |
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> > to AHCI and trying it out. Reboot and change BIOS back is all he would |
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> > have to do in my experience. |
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> > |
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> > - Mark |
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> Are the drives any faster when using AHCI tho? If the speed is the same |
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> then I may try it next time I reboot but not real sure why it would |
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> matter. I was hoping for something even faster. |
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ahci is robust, in case of an error you don't have to wait for the 30-ide- |
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timeout. NCQ can speed up some stuff. AHCI is just the right thing to do. |
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