29 Oct
2002
29 Oct
'02
13:15
In a previous message, Anders Johansson wrote:
/sbin/hdparm /dev/hdc
will give you the current status of the drive. If dma is off, use
/sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc
to turn it on.
hdparm produced a few I/O errors, but did report that DMA was off. I turned it on, and trying to play a DVD with mplayer totally stiffed my computer! I had keyboard LEDs flashing and no response from anything. So, I've changed it back - it looks like DMA and ide-scsi don't agree. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!