Paolo Sala <paolo.s...@csaricerche.com> writes: > Furthermore I can't understand why if I set dma (hdparm -d1 /dev/hda) > on, the dma is on even after a reboot; and why if I shut down the pc > when I power up again the dma is off again... your conclusion is the hd > is failing?
While the IDE cable has a RESET line most drives do not fully reset themself when that is triggered. It would not really surprise me that the drive keeps its DMA status over a RESET signal, which is all the drive sees from your reboot. On the other hand if you power up again the drive is initited to defaults and that seems to not include DMA. You can try to save settings with hdparm if you see this again. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org