According to hdparm for my laptop, it looks like DMA, unmaskirq, and 32-bit access are all turned on by default. This explains why RH9 boots up really quick. Also, it doesn't look like there is a /etc/sysconfig/harddisks file to turn these feature on. So, it looks like this is a default setting made by the kernel - which is fine by me. Is this correct? -eric wood
