Hi Marcel, >>>>> "Marcel" == Marcel Gschwandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Marcel> A "hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda" reports: /dev/hda: setting Marcel> using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not Marcel> permitted using_dma = 0 (off) Has anybody a hint why this Marcel> can happen or at least where I can get some answers? This problem often happens when you forget to enable a proper chipset type in the section ATA/IDE ... in make menuconfig You can find out the chipset type by lspci: [EMAIL PROTECTED] lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1671 Super P4 Northbridge [AGP4X,PCI and SDR/DDR] (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [AladdinIV] ^^^^ this is my chipset ^^^^^ 00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation Intel 537 [M5457 AC-Link Modem] 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) 00:0f.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4) 00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 PMU 00:13.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 00:13.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 00:14.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2) Just select the one that is listed enywhere in lspci output and is offered in the section ATA/IDE ... :-) Regards, -- Jan Stavěl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]