On Saturday 21 June 2003 08:56 pm, G�zim wrote: > --- "Eric J. Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 04:08:48PM -0700, G?zim > > > > Hoxha wrote: > > > Hi, > > > When gentoo boots it says: > > > Warning: dma on you harddrive is turned off. > > > ... > > > > > > How do I turn it on? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > ZiM > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > You want hdparm. There are a lot of options. > > To turn on dma: > > > > hdparm -d1 /dev/hdx > > # hdparm -d1 /dev/hda7 > > /dev/hda7: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Invalid argument > using_dma = 0 (off) > # > > I guess it didn't work, right? You're trying to set DMA on a partition . Instead try: # hdparm -d1 /dev/hda You will need to start hdparm and add it to your default run level: # /etc/init.d/hdparm start And then: # rc-update add hdparm default -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free
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