-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On October 30, 2003 09:50, Craig Main wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 16:38, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > At 09:17 AM 10/30/2003, you wrote: > > >using_dma = 0 (off) > > > > > >What other hdparm flags can I _safely_ use, I don't want to trash my > > >disk. > > > > The fact that DMA is *off* immediately jumped out at me. This can/should > > be on with any or most modern HDs and/or controllers. > > I get this when trying to enable dma, any ideas? > > laptop root # hdparm -d1 /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > using_dma = 0 (off)
I used to get that after a kernel upgrade.. after some digging around it turns out i didnt have the right IDE chipset compiled into my kernel.. check yours and make sure youre using the right one and that its compiled IN to the kernel (as opposed to a module) - -- - --mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/oY8CzK7WDkEewTARAqy/AKCswEa/TsW+yXRZAS+4NZrQ6Yq3egCeMSCF xQkTg9HNcg7P7w8UUFhcjso= =+KtC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
