Bill Anderson wrote: > David C. Rankin wrote: >> On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE >> DMA Setup. Is this normal??? >> >>
Additional explanation, when I say nothing is shown in Yast IDE DMA Setup, I literally mean *nothing* not just no DMA option, I mean *no* hard drive at all. That's what is really strange... > It might not be enabled, try the command hdparm -d /dev/hda to check if > it is enabled (you need to be root to run this command). If it is not, > you can enable it with the command hdparm -d1 to enable it. The man page > gives more information on the command. Also, it wouldn't hurt to check > the BIOS settings. > That is another strange thing about this laptop, the bios is virtually void of any information. I mean yes, it shows the drive and basic time/date information and has the ability to set the boot device, but that is about it. There is a lot of stuff that just isn't shown/configurable. This P4 laptop is aging yes, but as far as function it has integrated 802.11g, firewire, usb, dvd-rw, multicard reader, etc. but is has the smallest human bios interface known to man - go figure? Maybe that is why Yast doesn't show the drive and why nobody has configured a powersave suspend to ram acpi function. Thanks for the help. If you have any other thoughts, please pass them along! -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
