"S.Salman Ahmed" wrote: > > >>>>> "PS" == Philipp Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PS> Did you test the partition with #badblocks ? Try turning DMA > PS> off for the check. > PS> > > No, I am about to now. How do I turn off DMA for the check ? There > doesn't seem to be an option to badblocks to do that.
as far as i know DMA is turned on/off only via kernel config (requires recompile/reboot) what kind of drive is it btw ? western digital drives are famous for causing such errors with DMA mode(according to the linux-kernel). nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
