On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 07:28 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > Was the nodma option used because of mediacheck issues? Turning off > dma like that will kill hard disk performance as well as CD > performance. I am curious as to why DMA might foul up mediacheck or installations, but be okay once you have an installed system? I also wonder if, given the long time involved, it'd be better to first do a mediacheck, then reboot with DMA for the installation? -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
