> Is this normal? I don't seem to remember having ide performance issues like > this before (this is a new install). > This is normal if dma is not enabled. It isn't enabled by default in Debian. To enable it install hdparm and then run hdparm -d1 /dev/hdx as root where x is either a,b,c,d depending on the ide device.
Hopefully that will work and your problem will be solved. If you're really lucky like me you can do something like hdparm -c3d1m16X66 /dev/hda to enable other options such as ATA-66. Just do man hdparm and check out the options. You might want to make a script to run hdparm on boot. You can put such a script in /etc/rc.boot it would look something like #!/bin/sh hdparm -options /dev/1stdevice hdparm -options /dev/2nddevice ... Hope that helps, Bijan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
