> -----Original Message----- > From: Clive Standbridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to enable DMA at boot time > > > Following the tips in another thread, I have successfully used > hdparm to enable DMA and to measure its improvement on my IDE hard disk. > > Now I want to enable DMA at boot time. According to the kernel > docs (ide.txt.gz and kernel-parameters.txt.gz) I should be able > to do this with the kernel parameter ide0=dma, but it doesn't > work. Am I doing something wrong, or is this not supported? If > not, should I enable DMA with an hdparm command in an init > script, or do something else? > > I'm using kernel 2.4.18-k7 in Woody. > Motherboard: Micro-Star K7T Pro2-A (MS-6330) > Disk: Maxtor DiamondMax UDMA100. > > Any help is appreciated. > > -- > Cheers, > Clive
I am curious to know what other folks did but I started mine as a script, immediately after the fsck check. It seems like a bad idea to enable (possibly risky) DMA stuff before you've gone through a necessary fscking. I also set it up so it obeys standard init.d script style, so start enables DMA and stop disables it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
