> > --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Thanks! I got it working just by issuing sudo hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc, > turning off dma for the drive. Now that it works, I'll see about > turning off DMA by default for it. My next step is to investigate > whether there exists a boot-time parameter to disable dma for hdc > while allowing it to remain on for my other drives without having to > recompile my kernel. > > If anybody has pointers on setting up auto dma on some drives but not > others, I'd appreciate it. >
You might be interested in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874 51&repeatmerged=yes > Thanks Michael > > Vineet > > * Michael Hong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010628 12:23]: > > I had the same problem with ide-scsi after installing a CDRW. In my > > case it worked when I recompiled a kernel without auto dma. I think in > > the kernel config file it's called "CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO". If you have > > this set in your kernel maybe it will work for you if you make a kernel > > with it unset. > >=20 > > --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAjtBDikACgkQ7z3S33fUb9HbNACfVn0f1zPE3008iuLwGq/1jz2j > P5EAn3DbX3B93zJusEGi8MoG4Kzwwyq4 > =LxlW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/-- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hillel used to say: If I am not for myself who will be for me? Yet, if I am for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when? (Ethics Of The Fathers 1:14)