Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:22:20 -0400: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 10:42:28PM +0200, Mariano Kamp wrote: > > | when copying from one ide disk to another ide disk on the the same > | controller the whole systems stalls. I am running 2.4.19 on > | unstable. > > I've noticed similar effects here. Kernel 2.4.20, but only 1 disk. > If something pushes the disk hard then most thigns, including xmms > (which is streaming, not using the disk), becomes unresponsive until > the heavy disk usage subsides. (I had figured old hardware had > something to do with it, but mabye 2.6 will improve this, as someone > else suggested)
Oh, I just realised, you do have DMA turned on, right? man hdparm For me, I have to build an insert the ALI M15x3 chipset support module first, before turning on DMA. (I have the 1543 (?) chipset) -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ double value; /* or your money back! */ short changed; /* so triple your money back! */ -- Larry Wall in cons.c from the perl source code -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
