On 9/22/05, Russ Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you've ever tried to venti format a 20GB disk you'd know why it > > sucks to deal with. > > If you turn DMA on, formatting the 20GB disk > will be a lot faster. (All the time is spent zeroing > the disk.) >
If someone adds DMA support for NForce2 based motherboards I'll gladly do that :). It's a waste of time though. Nforce4 is out there now, my stuff is too old and busted to be worried about. I'd prefer to work with "the new hotness". Based on what I've been seeing though [roadmap-wise], my next machine will likely be Intel and not AMD based. Dave > Russ >
