On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 10:09 -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > On Thursday 04 January 2007 09:23, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > On 1/4/07, Kevin Kempter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I find that my avg speed in 1.7m/sec which leads to a full backup time of > > > around 16-17 hours. > > > [...] > > > > It sounds like DMA is disabled. > > [...] > All; > > How can I enable DMA on a SATA drive in a laptop? hdparm -d1 <device> I'd advise you take a look in the logs for any reported hard disk errors. Last time I had a disk that was getting DMA turned off, I found it was because of end-of-life related errors. May be time to replace your disk. Matt Matt Davey I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. mcdavey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. -- Shirley Temple Black
