> > On Apr 5, 2005 7:17 AM, Sergio Del Valle <sergio.w.delvalle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You can disable or enable DMA for specific ide ports, by creating a > > file called harddiskX (where X=1 for hda, X=2 for hdb, and so on), > > inside /etc, based on the general ide configuration harddisks (within > > the same dir), you can see on harddisks the line # USING_DMA=1, to > > enable simply delete the #, to disable delete it and change to 0 > > Hope this helps. > Oooops, sorry is not within /etc, but /etc/sysconfig That actually helped, together with rearranging the HDs: Instead of IDE0: HD/HD and IDE1: CDROM I now have IDE0: HD and IDE1: HD/CDROM Thanks, MARK