On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:16:05PM +0200, Kartsa wrote: > Btw. is there an easy way to see this from the logs because my vdr box > is situated in a difficult place where I can easily get only by ssh? #hdparm -d /dev/hda To enable it, use #hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda For what it is worth, here are the hdparm settings for my hard disk (Western Digital Caviar SE WD3000JB-00KFA0, Parallel ATA): #hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry = 36481/255/63, sectors = 586072368, start = 0 Like you, I am cursed by the VIA chipset, but luckily I haven't experienced any DMA lockups, which have been reported for many generations of VIA hardware. Every now and then, the system must be completely powered off, because something apparently in the PCI controller gets misconfigured so badly that Linux panics or hangs at boot. The system reset or soft power-off won't help in this situation. Also, the system must be rebooted in order for nvram-wakeup to work, and Wake-on-LAN often ceases to work. This is an Intel Celeron 900 MHz on an MSI 694T Pro motherboard: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=20 If everything else fails, try a hard power-off. Marko
