So, there is no way to use DMA on WD drives? Man, this stinks. Why are WD
hard drives so much slower than others? It seems like this would be widely
know and people wouldn't but them.
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>Just do an "hdparm /dev/hdX" and it will show you your settings.
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>On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > How can I know if DMA is turned on or off? When I bot up it looks to
>say
> > that DMA is being used ...around where it says that I am using ata/66.
> >
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>Jonathan M. Prigot (617-278-0794)
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