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[Andreas Winkelmann <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Wisse wrote:

> > This is from hdparm. It looks like, you're starting it automatically
> > while booting, but with wrong arguments. Maybe /etc/init.d/boot.local ?

> Ok thanks for that.
> Just recently I have changed  DMA to "on", manually by putting on between the 
> quotation marks.
> Can this have anything to do with it?

Where?

In /etc/sysconfig/hardware->DEVICES_FORCE_IDE_DMA ? Then not only "on", 
better: "/dev/hda:on". There is a description in the file.

> I haven't changed anything in the boot process ( not that I know of anyway).
> I also have used "hdparm -v /dev/dvd" and then "hdparm -X <udma mode> -d 1 
> /dev/dvd.
> Could it be that the udma mode is set wrong?

To enable DMA use -d1 without space.

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	Andreas