> Can the esp0 be set to synchronous? I have a nice hard drive
> (18GB) in there and I can't figure out how to set it to sync.

Can you try a -current[*] kernel?  I have a couple of ST39216N's that probed
as async under 1.5Y or so, but run sync with 1.6G.

I'm not sure if the changes are in 1.6.1.

J

[*] For example :

  ftp://releng.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/current/200302100000/sparc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz
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