The -d flag is used to set dma on, and the -X flag is used to set dma
mode. The use is "-d1 -Xxx", where xx is a number you will find from "man
hdparm".
On WD drives (at least on mine) udma2 must be forced.
seb
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, bobby dowling wrote:
> What do you mean the -d flag without the -X flags?
>
> So, you can say -dX and those WD drives that froze the system before would
> work?
>
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> >Eugenio Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > > Just comment out the optimization code in the file
> > > "/etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime", and put in your
> > > own optimization string, so that part of the file
> > > looks like this (*note, I have posted here before that
> > > the some Western Digital drives hang the machine if
> > > you use the -d without the -X flags):
> >
> >nice hint. Testing it on my box :)
> >(which effectively froze with -d without -X)
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> >thanks, cu Pixel.
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