On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:11:08PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 20:11:08 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Desktop Performance Issue > User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i > From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 05:34:38PM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > > ># hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda > > > > > >/dev/hda: > > > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > > > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > > > using_dma = 0 (off) > > > > Do it as root > > Yes, that's what the # means....
I'd suggest also to unmask irq (hdparm -u1 /dev/hd?) that greatly improves response time while you're loading heavy application such as mozilla -- Best regards, Alexey Chetroi --- Smile... Tomorrow will be worse. (c) Murphy's law -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
