bugs

this one was really annoying – and it existed since 2008 at least!

i’m using ubuntu for some of my servers, and an old one on 10.04.4 with a 845G always showed UDMA33 mode caused by 40 wire cable

this fixed it:

edit /etc/grub/grub.cfg

after the line for the kernel add behind it (in the same line)

libata.force=1.00:80c,2.00:80c

that forces UDMA for 80 wire cables, whatever the chips and disk can handle