On Saturday 04 August 2001 11:43, Alex ZIJDENBOS wrote: > However, I experimented some more with hdparm, and found that the > problem goes away when I turn DMA *off* on /dev/hdc (hdparm -d0 > /dev/hdc). It's highly reproducible; as soon as I turn using_dma on > again (which is the default config) it fails 9 out of 10 times. > > I doubt this is the way things are supposed to work, but if it shuts > down my coaster factory, I can live with it :-) > > -- Alex > I think this is in the documentation (a howto?), so this is precisely how it is supposed to work. mg
