-X66 or idebus=66 shouldn't be required to enable DMA though right? I can't enable it even with: hdparm -d1 /dev/hda and no other switches. Best, Ed On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 17:32, Jorge Boscán Etura wrote: > El lun, 19 de 05 de 2003 a las 17:58, Arjan van de Ven escribió: > > On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 23:35, Jorge Boscán Etura wrote: > > > El lun, 19 de 05 de 2003 a las 15:45, Arjan van de Ven escribi: > > > > On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 21:40, Ed wrote: > > > > > I just realized this is happening to me as well. I can't enable DMA to > > > > > save my life, but I had DMA enabled under RH 8.0 and never had a > > > > > hiccup. > > > > > > > > > > What's the deal with this "blacklist"? > > > > > > > > > > Here's the message from hdparm: > > > > > > > > > > # hdparm -X66 -d1 -u1 -m16 -c3 /dev/hda > > > > > > > > > > > > > don't use -X66 etc if you value your data > > > > if you have a 80 ribbon cable use the "ide0=ata66" commandline option to > > > > the kernel instead. > > > > > > idebus=66 also helps > > that's a totally different thing > > of course but it also improves, only if the hardware supports it.. > -- > =================================== > .--. > |o_o | Jorge J. Boscan Etura > |:_/ | www.uft.edu.ve > // \ \ lu#137000 > (| | ) > /'\_ _/`\ > \___)=(___/ > =================================== -- "I went to a job interview the other day, the guy asked me if I had any questions , I said yes, just one, if you're in a car traveling at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, does anything happen? He said he couldn't answer that, I told him sorry, but I couldn't work for him then. -- Steven Wright
