hi wayn you need to make sure the the ide chipset swupported by the kernel you're using
- look at the motherboard, figure out what chipset and than check your kernel config options - try installing that module for the chipset c ya alvin On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Wayne Gemmell wrote: > Hi, I'm running the bf24 kernel and trying to enable DMA on my hard drive. > My first question is, is DMA already activated? > > running hdparm /dev/hdc yields > using_dma = 0 (off) > while running hdparm -i /dev/hdc yields > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 > and hdparm -I /dev/hdc outputs > DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 > Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns > Could somebody please help me make sence of these readings? > > Now when I run hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc I get > > Wuler:/var/www/Digi-CRAUDphp/Venue# hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc > /dev/hdc: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > using_dma = 0 (off) > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
