On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Nate Eldredge wrote: > On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Nate Eldredge wrote: > > > The other question is how it should be enabled. One way is "hdparm -d 1 > > /dev/hd?" or moral equivalent in an init script. Another way appears to > > be "hda=dma ..." or "ide0=dma ..." on the kernel command line, though I > > haven't tested this yet. Apparently there are also CD-ROM drives for > > which it should not be enabled. > > Further info: "hda=dma" doesn't seem to exist, I was mistaken. "ide0=dma" > doesn't actually enable dma, for some reason. "ide0=autotune" doesn't > either. Grr.
... which is apparently because ide is a module in the 2.4.18 kernel image package. So in order to set it, it looks like I have to change it in the initrd filesystems and rebuild the image. Even more of a pain. -- Nate Eldredge HMC CS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
