Dear Rob, On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, dizzy73 wrote:
Thanks for the reply Thats not a problem =o) I like to help where I can.
1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 235 Mar 31 19:23 /etc/rc.config.d/idedma.rc.config
what is this idedma??? ideDMA is a program that enables DMA for harddisks. Basically, DMA allows Direct Memory Access for harddisks and frees up the processor. I am not sure entirely [I haven't read up on it for a while!] but it is generally A Good Thing (TM) to enable it.
Okay, log in [Well, su] to root, and do the following: chmod 744 /etc/rc.d/idedma This makes the script "executable" [runnable] by the owner [root] And: ls -ls /etc/rc.d/idedma after doing the chmod line, should result in something similar to the following: -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 2856 Aug 6 2000 /etc/rc.d/idedma ^^^^ Please note the "x" here. This means "eXecutable". The others are "Readable" and "Writable". Hope this helps you! Jon -- -=[Tigersden Internet Services]=- ************COMING SOON************* -=[For All Your Internet Needs]=- * HTTP://www.tigersden.demon.co.uk * -=[P.G.P. Public Key Available]=- ************COMING SOON************* -=[ !!Powered by SuSE Linux!! ]=- My eyes are 20-20, but my brain isn't too good at interpreting what they see =o)