Le mer 22/10/2003 � 15:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a �crit :
> On 22 Oct 2003, Teletch�a St�phane wrote:
> 
> > Le mer 22/10/2003 � 14:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a �crit :
> > > On 22 Oct 2003, Teletch�a St�phane wrote:
> > > 
> > I did a fresh install for 8.1 and 9.0 (disk failure for the second
> > -backups are my friends-) and DMA was activated on my drive, causing it
> > to dma_errors 'DriveSeek Error ... blabla'.
> > 
> > I had to manually disable it by adding a line in /etc/sysconfig/hardhdc
> > telling explicitly DMA to be turned off.
> > 
> > Are you sure it is blacklisted ?
> 
> CRD-8400B is blacklisted, your drive is not. But it works in 9.1/9.2 with 
> DMA? If not I can make a patch in next kernel-mm and you can try if it 
> works for you.

It works with 9.1 and previous but WITHOUT DMA. I cannot test for 9.2
(production machine, uptime is important). Feel free for the patch,
although i would not be able to test it on the machine. May be someone
else ?

> I am very doubtful if the "fried" drives have anything to do with dma.

I hope it could help ...

Stef

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