On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 00:41:22 +0000, Clive Standbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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. Try ide0=ata66 (for UDMA66; change as appropriate) Works for me. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
