Gerhard den Hollander wrote:
* S.R.Glasoe
(Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:02:46PM -0600) On Friday 12 March 2004 12:32 pm, Chris Carlen wrote:
Greetings:
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Note that if I do:
# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
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Christopher R. Carlen
Put a space between the d and 1 in -d1.
Even better, use yast to have it make the change on the next reboot.
Switching/forcing a HD from no-DMA to DMA *while data is being written to it* ,which given that the drive is hda and therefore liekly holds both / and swap is 100% likely to eb the case, will result at best in data loss, will result most likely in a crash and can result in a completely corrupted filesystem.
Been there, done that, did the reinstall. A large section of /etc had gotten corrupted .. no fun at all
Using yest you tell the system to switch to hda mode on the next reboot. and it does that when the drivbe is staill in readonly mode.
if that hardhangs your machine (because your IDE controller is not properly supported) you can boot from rescue CD to installed system, and unset it again, with no more lost then 15 minutes and a few grey hairs
Thanks for the reply. I tried Yast as well and the machine locked. I am convinced the VIA UDMA controller on this mobo is unsupported. Good day! -- ____________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA crcarle@sandia.gov