On 1/4/07, Matt Davey <mcdavey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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've yet to run across any SATA controllers which allow one to enable or disable DMA support via hdparm. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
