On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 08:33:13AM +0100, Oliver Korpilla wrote: > To exclude DMA as possibilty: > > /dev/sda: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sda > > /dev/sda: > Timing cached reads: 2124 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1060.04 MB/sec > HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate > ioctl for device > Timing buffered disk reads: 96 MB in 3.01 seconds = 31.88 MB/sec > HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate > ioctl for device
When the speed is over 5MB/s you have DMA on in general. Usually PIO is 2 to 3MB/s. So DMA is on, the drive just isn't that fast by todays standards. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
