On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 19:43, Tim Fenn wrote: > On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 07:21:57PM -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 17:25, Tim Fenn wrote: > > > > > take a look at /etc/sysconfig/harddisks, but more importantly > > > /etc/rc.sysinit, around lines 850-900. > > > > > > I've found if I'm not using a (good) udma cable or one of the devices > > > on the cable doesn't support dma, dma is disabled on everything on > > > that cable. If I start forcing settings, Bad Things can happen. > > > > I see in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks where dma is commented out. Should I > > create a harddiskshda file and set that on? > > > > The drives in the system are SATA drives. Not sure that DMA applies to > > those. > > > > Oh. Then nevermind. ;) hdparm doesn't support all the SATA settings > yet, IIRC, but SATA should be setup automagically with reasonable > settings, anyway. I've actually heard several people now complain > about plextor drives under linux, maybe its something more general? > what do you get if you grep ata from /var/log/dmesg? I have a single > sata hard drive, and I typically get: Let me correct my previous email, the Plextor PX-716A is an IDE drive. All the other harddrives in the system are SATA drives. I asked about creating the specific harddiskshda file because of that. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. - Voltaire
