Am Di, den 06.01.2004 schrieb Michael Kearey um 06:32: > Alexander Dalloz wrote: > <snip> > > > > First I would check if it is just an error due to DMA activated. "hdparm > > -i /dev/hdX" where X is the drive a, b, c, d, ... You can switch DMA > > mode off and running that thing in PIO mode using "hdparm -d0 /dev/hdX". > > If after that the errors disappear you have luck. If not, I fear your > > drive is at end of lifetime. > > I don't think you can turn off DMA on the fly anymore, only at boot time. root $ hdparm /dev/hde /dev/hde: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) <<-- DMA on keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 9729/255/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0 [Di Jan 06 06:45:53] [»Achtung« root@sirendipity] <pts/3> ~ root $ hdparm -d0 /dev/hde /dev/hde: setting using_dma to 0 (off) using_dma = 0 (off) [Di Jan 06 06:45:59] [»Achtung« root@sirendipity] <pts/3> ~ root $ hdparm /dev/hde /dev/hde: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 0 (off) <<-- DMA off keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 9729/255/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0 > Look in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks , set USE_DMA=0 Well, this configuration file is take by /etc/rc.sysinit and therefore take when kernel is loaded and drives are already recognized. See line 730ff. It just also calls hdparm. So I see no difference in doing it later. > Cheers, > Michael Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
