On Thursday 04 January 2007 10:26, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > 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 Hi List; I've followed these instructions to get my slow second drive issue fixed. It seems to have worked. However now I can only mount the cd/dvd (with the dvd drive in the 'ultrabay' as root by explicitly mounting the drive. My KDE automount prompt no longer appears, etc... Thanks in advance
