5 Apr
2006
5 Apr
'06
06:57
Bryan S. Tyson wrote:
On Tuesday 04 April 2006 11:02 pm, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Does (SUSE) Linux have this Direct Memory Access (DMA) thing or not? Windows seems to have it, and while I am not saying that Linux should have everything Windows does, I find that accessing optical discs from Linux is somewhat slower than from Windows.
You can turn on dma by typing this command: hdparm -d1 /dev/dvd
Or use YaST > Hardware > IDE DMA mode. I think these modes are usually set correctly on setup anyway. -- JDL