I'm not sure whether it is a problem for all or just some chipsets
(mine's an HPT366 on a Soyo 6BA+ IV mobo, BTW.) I always assumed the
latter and shrugged my shoulders.
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Brian Fleischman wrote:
>
> I do can do a -c1 just fine also. If I do a -d1 (dma)...locks up...harddrive
> light on constantly, even with the -X66 or -X68. I have a WD 20.5 ata/66 7200 rpm
> drive. I wonder what's up with the dma stuff.
>
> -Brian
>
> Jonathan Prigot wrote:
>
> > What happens if you don't do the -d1? I can do -c1 just fine (and it speeds
> > things up 50%), but if I do -d1 my system locks solid.
> > ---
> > On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > > I am trying to change the 16 bit i/o seetings for my hard drive to 32 bit to
> > > drive to speed up access with the following command:
> > >
> > > hdparm -c 1 -d 1 /dev/hde (I have ata/66 drives working on hde/hdg)
> > >
> > > I wait a good 5 minutes and nothing ...just hangs, but I can close the
> > > x-terminal.
> > >
> > > Any ideas here/
> > >
> > > BTW, I got this tweak tip from:
> > >
> > > http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/hdtweak.html
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Jonathan M. Prigot
