Never mind my last comment. It seems that either 2.6.20-1 or -2, or even 2.6.19 can either map IDE PATA disks as /dev/sd* or /dev/hd* depending on... *gasp* luck! If I keep rebooting the computer sometimes I get sda for my primary master IDE disk, sometimes I get hda. When I get hda, DMA is disabled (trasfer rate of 2.7 MB/s, and hdparm is unable to enable it); when I get sda, DMA is enabled (transfer rate of 61.7 MB/s).
PS: if the maintainers know of any kernel boot parameter to force sda I will appreciate it, at least as a temporary workaround... :P -- hdd with dma disabled https://launchpad.net/bugs/76911 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
