In a previous message, Robert Sweet wrote:
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:15:53PM +0000, John Pettigrew beat on the keyboard:
In a previous message, Anders Johansson wrote:
If dma is off, use /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc to turn it on.
hdparm [snip] did report that DMA was off. I turned it on, and trying to play a DVD with mplayer totally stiffed my computer! add this to /etc/sysconfig/hardware:
DEVICES_FORCE_IDE_DMA_ON="hdc"
Would that not just put me in the same situation above - with dma turned on and my system crashing when trying to access the drive? Or is this something else? 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 Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!