-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/17/08 07:47, Pavlos Parissis wrote: >> In the beginning of July I reinstall my Debian system (lenny). At once I >> discover that loading cache in Aptitude (ncurses-UI mode) is very slow >> and in general my system is very slow. >> >> In several days I discovered that DMA is turned off on my HDD (fsck >> sayed it while Debian booting). Please, help me turn on DMA mode. >> >> > [snip] >> I had scanned my hdd with native WD scanner and hadn't detected any >> error. Memory scan (memtest86+) also hadn't detected any error. >> Moreover, Windows XP on another partition of this hdd working normally >> and HDD Health program on it (for S.M.A.R.T viewing) don't predict >> T.E.C. in the near future. Also after previous installation of Debian >> lenny my hdd was working fast. > > Use hdparm command to see if the DMS is enabled, if not enable it > with the -d flag. If that action makes your system "faster" > configure /etc/hdparm.conf to enable the DMA on boot.
That should not be needed if the correct SATA driver is being loaded. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh/TIQACgkQS9HxQb37XmdHYwCghdprmwCnbzeWg/YwwxxJUhaF uskAoIKp/HDAwqAHICt1ut8Nf2E1bUGn =KTRK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
