Try appending idebus=66 to your boot loader's configuration file, under the apend= line. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxx> To: "Mike Keithley" <mkeithley at pobox.com> Cc: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:32 AM Subject: Re: Help - slow performance on a Toshiba laptop > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > My disks also tell me that DMA is not supported when I try to set > it with hdparm. They used to support it several kernel upgrades > ago. Each is a 40 GB disk, one Seagate and one Western Digital, > and my CPU is a 1.4 GHz Athlon. I do not recognize any kernel > compile options that might be at fault, and the hdparm output is > not all that helpful. > > > > - -- > The Moon is New > In a world without Fences or Walls no one needs Windows or Gates. > My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iQCVAwUBQDXiVzVdG8M9x9tGAQL1IgP/dEgjhhWb27vqxRqo5rmAzUm+aXIMN5y8 > 50y2cZX9245mtmYUX3btbcqAJp/z1t/k3HAPV9tz5/glm5jCyvBmLmvuGssGJE7M > KX/3Si1tJUW2HDfz5AP5syvMrZZ1hyWMWGdCn8NWVQg9hUmvN6JIYnVDT+LBi9av > wAdSZhzBg0I= > =u42+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
