Rsync (MIRROR) function and speed

georg · **Posted:** Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:31 pm

Hi:

Used the "mirror" feature for the first time yesterday. VERRRY nice. I have RTFM ... However, two questions:

Setup: Gigabit network; two NASLites v2.03, each with 1GB RAM; Source (of the mirror): 2.4GHz P4-M (mobile) with 76GB (around 18,000 files with some as large as 2GB and one file = 33GB) used on Disk-1 (a 300GB HDD); Destination: 1.6GHz P4-M with newly formatted 400GB Disk-0.

1] SPEED: I only get around 10GB/hour = 2.8MB/s, very consistently over time ( I checked destination every hour for 8 hours). Usually, when copying files using WinXP Windows Explorer, this setup gives me speeds as fast as 29-30MB/s, sometimes as slow as 10MB/s. Is this slow Rsync speed normal/expected ?

2] FUNCTION: this afternoon the mirror started automatically. For testing I had this moring purposely DELETED an entire folder with several sub-folders and files) at the Source, and ADDED a 1.6GB file to the Source. The file added shows as expected at the Destination, but the Destination also still shows the files that had been DELETED at the Source. This is NOT what I expected ...

The manual does not seem to give any hints ... Thanks in advance for any clarification.

Georg

georg · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:40 am

Update: Ok ... so I had already RTFM. But I should have also done RTFF (with the 2nd "F" = "Forums") ... sorry :oops:

This is what I found illustrating the same problem: http://www.serverelements.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1462

Tony's post therein from 22Dec2006 suggested to Thorston to wait until v2.04 is out. Since my 180 days is over ....

I'll now try deleting "lost+found" and see if that works for me.

Please still address the "SPEED" issue ... and I'll post back with updates.

Georg

georg · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:14 pm

Update: I purchased version 2.04 USB to get the detailed logs. The mirroring was immediately successful ! I am happy now with the function. Something in 2.03 causes a problem with deleting files at the Destination. (I tried deleting the "lost+found" in v2.03 ... no luck.)

Speed: there may be a hardware problem causing the slow speed. It took me a while to realize why I could initially not connect to the "new" v2.04 server after I created the USB stick. I tried to blame it on all sorts of things until I remembered this motherboard has TWO built-in gigabit NICs. Finally realzing that v2.04 defaults to the LAST NIC found ... after moving the cable to the second NIC all worked fine. Now I can re-run the complete (74GB) mirror to figure out speed and report back later.

Georg

georg · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:35 am

Tricky little problem. Many attempts, starting with the usual suspects (bad cabling (network & HDD), bad RAM, bad CPU, etc). What I could not figure out for the longest time is why two brand new 400GB SATA drives installed on this essentially identical hardware configuration to my other NASLite server would perform so slowly. The MIRROR (rsync) was slow, but I had also assumed (wrongly) that the copying would perform like the other system. In the end (once the problem was revealed) what's even more surprising is why the two drives would work at all.

The hint finally came by scrutinizing the following SysLog. Notice, there's not a single mention of "SATA" ... everything looks normal, and yet only IDE ports are mentioned ... and yet Mirror worked (slowly), access was ok, etc.

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NASLite-2 USB Server Message Log
Server Message Log
General:
This page provides a viewable copy of the current system
message log. The system message log contains valuable
information that can help in troubleshooting as well as aid in
general system administration and maintenance.

System Message Log:
Feb 28 20:43:29 syslog.info syslogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2007.01.20-18:39+0000)
Feb 28 20:43:29 daemon.info init: ^MStarting pid 2487, console /dev/null: '/sbin/klogd'
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.notice kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2007.01.20-18:39+0000)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Linux version 2.4.33.NASLite (root@TZT) (gcc version 3.3.6) #1 Tue Aug 15 01:08:13 UTC 2006
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fff0000 (usable)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003fff0000 - 000000003fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003fff3000 - 0000000040000000 (ACPI data)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Warning only 896MB will be used.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.notice kernel: 896MB LOWMEM available.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 229376
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: zone(1): 225280 pages.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 IntelR ) @ 0x000f7410
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 IntelR AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff3000
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 IntelR AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff3040
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: MADT (v001 IntelR AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff7640
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 INTELR AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Kernel command line: rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd=NASLite.02 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=naslite.01
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Detected 1197.994 MHz processor.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Calibrating delay loop. 2392.06 BogoMIPS
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Memory: 901876k/917504k available (2198k kernel code, 15240k reserved, 734k data, 536k init, 0k highmem)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 512K
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: CPU: After generic, caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: CPU: Common caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: CPU: Intel Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 2.00GHz stepping 09
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore. done.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support. done.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction. OK.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Checking for popad bug. OK.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Edge set to Level Trigger.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb6f0, last bus=1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: System [ACPI] (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 00:1f.2
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Transparent bridge - PCI device 8086:244e
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 *7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 *4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 7
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 3
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] enabled at IRQ 5
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 4
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] enabled at IRQ 10
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Starting kswapd
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ns: 0x1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports C1)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (27 C)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 5.7.6-k1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Intel Corporation.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: dgrs: SW=$Id: dgrs.c,v 1.13 2000/06/06 04:07:00 rick Exp $ FW=Build 550 11/16/96 03:45:15
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: FW Version=$Version$
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: pcnet32.c:v1.30h 06.24.2004 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ThunderLAN driver v1.15
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: TLAN: 0 devices installed, PCI: 0 EISA: 0
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: sk98lin: No adapter found.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.50.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: hda: ST3400633AS, ATA DISK drive
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: hdc: ST3400633AS, ATA DISK drive
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: hda: attached ide-disk driver.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: hda: host protected area => 1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hda: 781422768 sectors (400088 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=48641/255/63
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: hdc: attached ide-disk driver.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: hdc: host protected area => 1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hdc: 781422768 sectors (400088 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=48641/255/63
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Partition check:
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1-3 Aug 15 2006 01:22:52)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: scsi: Detection failed (no card)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.notice kernel: megaraid: v2.10.10.1 (Release Date: Thu Jan 27 16:19:44 EDT 2005)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.04
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Found 0 PCI Storage RAID Controllers
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.037.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: 3w-xxxx: No cards found.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: libata version 1.20 loaded.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: PCI(00:1f.2): version 1.05
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ata: 0x1f0 IDE port busy
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: ata: 0x170 IDE port busy
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1074 $ Ben Collins
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.err kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.7 to 64
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: PCI device 8086:24dd
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: irq 5, pci mem f884c000
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: enabled 64bit PCI DMA
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 00:1d.7
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: 8 ports detected
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.0 to 64
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xbc00, IRQ 7
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.1 to 64
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb000, IRQ 3
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.2 to 64
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb400, IRQ 11
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.3 to 64
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb800, IRQ 7
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: new driver usb-storage
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 8192 buckets, 64Kbytes
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.notice kernel: RAMDISK: NASLite file system found at block 0
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: .<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-2, assigned address 2
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: .<6>scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB Flash Drive Rev: 1.00
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: .Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: SCSI device sda: 524288 512-byte hdwr sectors (268 MB)
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: .sda: Write Protect is off
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.debug kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 2
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: .<6>Freeing initrd memory: 1619k freed
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.warn kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 536k freed
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide1(22,1), internal journal
Feb 28 20:43:29 user.info kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.

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This is the "correct" SysLog:

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NASLite-2 USB Server Message Log
Server Message Log

General:
This page provides a viewable copy of the current system
message log. The system message log contains valuable
information that can help in troubleshooting as well as aid in
general system administration and maintenance.

System Message Log:
Feb 28 20:58:17 syslog.info syslogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2007.01.20-18:39+0000)
Feb 28 20:58:17 daemon.info init: ^MStarting pid 2489, console /dev/null: '/sbin/klogd'
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.notice kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2007.01.20-18:39+0000)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Linux version 2.4.33.NASLite (root@TZT) (gcc version 3.3.6) #1 Tue Aug 15 01:08:13 UTC 2006
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fff0000 (usable)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003fff0000 - 000000003fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003fff3000 - 0000000040000000 (ACPI data)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Warning only 896MB will be used.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.notice kernel: 896MB LOWMEM available.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 229376
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: zone(1): 225280 pages.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 IntelR ) @ 0x000f7410
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 IntelR AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff3000
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 IntelR AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff3040
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: MADT (v001 IntelR AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff7640
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 INTELR AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Kernel command line: rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd=NASLite.02 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=naslite.01
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Detected 1197.998 MHz processor.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Calibrating delay loop. 2392.06 BogoMIPS
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Memory: 901876k/917504k available (2198k kernel code, 15240k reserved, 734k data, 536k init, 0k highmem)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 512K
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: CPU: After generic, caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: CPU: Common caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: CPU: Intel Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 2.00GHz stepping 09
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore. done.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support. done.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction. OK.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Checking for popad bug. OK.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Edge set to Level Trigger.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb6f0, last bus=1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: System [ACPI] (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 00:1f.1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Transparent bridge - PCI device 8086:244e
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 *7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 *4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 7
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 3
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] enabled at IRQ 5
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 4
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] enabled at IRQ 10
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Starting kswapd
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ns: 0x1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports C1)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (27 C)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 5.7.6-k1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Intel Corporation.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: dgrs: SW=$Id: dgrs.c,v 1.13 2000/06/06 04:07:00 rick Exp $ FW=Build 550 11/16/96 03:45:15
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: FW Version=$Version$
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: pcnet32.c:v1.30h 06.24.2004 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ThunderLAN driver v1.15
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: TLAN: 0 devices installed, PCI: 0 EISA: 0
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: sk98lin: No adapter found.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.50.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ICH5: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ICH5: chipset revision 2
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1-3 Aug 15 2006 01:22:52)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: scsi: Detection failed (no card)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.notice kernel: megaraid: v2.10.10.1 (Release Date: Thu Jan 27 16:19:44 EDT 2005)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.04
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Found 0 PCI Storage RAID Controllers
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.037.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: 3w-xxxx: No cards found.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: libata version 1.20 loaded.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: PCI(00:1f.2): version 1.05
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.2 to 64
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xC000 ctl 0xC402 bmdma 0xD000 irq 11
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xC800 ctl 0xCC02 bmdma 0xD008 irq 11
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: ata1: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4023 85:3469 86:3c01 87:4023 88:407f
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ata1: dev 0 ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 781422768 sectors: LBA48
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: ata2: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4023 85:3469 86:3c01 87:4023 88:407f
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ata2: dev 0 ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 781422768 sectors: LBA48
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ata2: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: scsi1 : ata_piix
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: scsi2 : ata_piix
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Vendor: ATA Model: ST3400633AS Rev: 3.AA
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Vendor: ATA Model: ST3400633AS Rev: 3.AA
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: SCSI device sda: 781422768 512-byte hdwr sectors (400088 MB)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Partition check:
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: SCSI device sdb: 781422768 512-byte hdwr sectors (400088 MB)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1074 $ Ben Collins
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.err kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.7 to 64
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: PCI device 8086:24dd
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: irq 5, pci mem f884c000
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: enabled 64bit PCI DMA
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 00:1d.7
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: 8 ports detected
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: tting latency timer of device 00:1d.0 to 64
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xbc00, IRQ 7
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.1 to 64
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb000, IRQ 3
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.2 to 64
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb400, IRQ 11
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.3 to 64
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb800, IRQ 7
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 8192 buckets, 64Kbytes
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.notice kernel: RAMDISK: NASLite file system found at block 0
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: <6>hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-2, assigned address 2
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: .<6>scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: . Vendor: Generic Model: USB Flash Drive Rev: 1.00
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: .SCSI device sdc: 524288 512-byte hdwr sectors (268 MB)
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host3/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.debug kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 2
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: <6>Freeing initrd memory: 1619k freed
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.warn kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 536k freed
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on sd(8,1), internal journal
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on sd(8,17), internal journal
Feb 28 20:58:17 user.info kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.

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A single change in the BIOS ... even though I had already tried all of the usual things (setting HDD to <none> etc): Under "Advanced Chipset Control", "SATA Mode". Only "Enhanced Mode" works. "AUTO" (the natural and common sense default) does not work, neither does "DISABLED", nor does "COMBINED", nor does "SATA Only" (the most obvious one you would think works). On this motherboard (Award Bios) "Enhanced Mode" enables BOTH IDE & SATA, and even though there are NO IDE HDDs, that is the magic mode that makes it all work.

Hope I haven't bored anyone reading this to death ... and hope it helps at least one other person solve a mystery in the future.

Oh ... almost forgot: I am up to 22MB/sec on the Mirror function and very happy !

Georg

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