appending this to your /etc/rc.local would do a little trick. So when you reboot dma = 0 hdparm -d0 /dev/hdt0
On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 21:37, Justin Clacherty wrote: > How do I turn off DMA mode for an ide-tape device by default, similar to what Red >Hat do with CD-ROMs. If the tape is used in DMA mode it corrupts the filesystem so I >want to make sure there is no chance that it can be accidentally used with DMA turned >on. > > Justin. -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
