Trying to get Linux going on an old Compaq Armada 7800 (PII-266) with SuSE 9.2. The disks originally sold with the laptop are 5GB IBM ones, and they work just fine, IDE DMA and all. With a 20GB Fujitsu disk, disk DMA simply doesn't work and the kernel disables it. The system on the 20GB disk was installed by copying the 5GB's contents and installing a boot loader. The kernel is therefore identical. It's one of those BIOS-on-harddisk jobs, but I can't find a setting for it. Does it ring a bell with anyone on how to get DMA functional?
Thanks, Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
