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From: "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:14:05 -0500
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Subject: Re: [newbie] about DMA & Mdk Linux> If you had it enabled in Windows and didn't experience any hard drive data > corruption or diffculties in read from your CD-ROM, the answer that all of > us would agree upon is....yes, it's OK to activate the use of DMA in Linux > for hard drives and CD-ROMs. The answer is in the fact that it was already > working for you in Windows. Concerns have only been with some > "questionanble" motherboards and some older devices that do not work through > DMA. I still use an Acer 2X2X4 CD-RW drive who's instructions specifically > forbid activiting DMA support. > > The advantage is speed, though this is no guarantee that everything you do > on your computer will be blinding fast. I have MDK 9.0 on an AMD-K6-2/500 > with 256 MB RAM, an S3 Savage 2000 video card with 64 MBs RAM, and it isn't > acting like a Spring chicken for me. Neither does Brand X (read as -- > Windows XP Pro) Still, I can't complain. I like KDE 2.x and 3. If I have to > wait a little, I'm OK with this. > > Have you checked to make sure that you have your video card properly > recognized and configured, and that your expectations are in line with the > computer you are running MDK on? If you continue to feel that you are not > running correctly, pass more information on to the listserv. Lots of brains > and tons of experience, here. :-) > > T > > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:01 PM > Subject: [newbie] about DMA & Mdk Linux > > > Greetings, > I would like to know if I should enable DMA for my hd and cdrom. > > I have a dual-boot system, Mdk 9.0 & WinME. In ME I have DMA enabled for > both cdrom drive and hd, and it seems to be working great. Does that mean > that DMA will be a good idea under Mdk?? Will it give me an appreciable > increase in performance? My system is working great now, but I use KDE and I > find it just a bit sluggish. Perhaps this is normal from what I am reading > about KDE. I use Mdk about 99% of the time. > > I know there has been some discussion on the list lately about DMA, and I > wonder just how much difference it really makes? > > TIA's for any feedback. > > > > --Angus >******************************************************************************* Thanks T for the great answer. I don't want to make it sound like I'm not happy with my Mdk 9.0......it rocks! It seems a tad slower than what I am used to when opening progs and things. No biggie though. I have a Dell Dimm with Celeron 900Mhz, 20gig Ultra ATA 7200 rpm hd, 256 megs ram. I have integrated video on my (82810 Intel 3D AGP graphics controller) processor, which seems correctly identified by Mdk. It works pretty slick actually. I had no real problems w/8.2 and now 9.0. My only real "problems" were with a Conexant HCF winmodem. But, even that is working beautifully, thanks to the great driver written by Marc Boucher at mbsi ( http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/ ). My Dell seems perfectly happy to run Mdk Linux. ;-) I use KDE most of the time, but also Blackbox a little. Blackbox is faster, but lacks some of the "creature comforts" of KDE. Maybe I should just leave well enough alone. If I wanted to try DMA enabled, is it a complicated thing? This is a great list! Thanks again T. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James Thurber *************************************** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *************************************** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *************************************** -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze
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