On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 21:02 -0500, John Best wrote: > I think I asked this before , but I am still not satisfied with the > answer... > > I have had to boot with the nodma option since FC3... I have not had > issues doing this, but I wonder if I am getting the performance I should > by disabling the dma option (I have seen posts that have pointed that > nodma can reduce linux performance on some machines). The question > that I have not resolved is what can I do about it????? The ide=nodma option is usually suggested as a workaround for mediacheck problems during installation; systems installed that way will have the same option configured in grub but it *may* not be necessary for normal operation. Does your system work if you boot without that option? Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
