Hi all, > I have seen such error messages below before too.....it was when I decided > to enable dma support for the hd via hdparm....check to see whether that > that has been enabled (hdparm /dev/hda). Anyway, after that incident, my > hardisk had bad cluster/sectors!
dma support is on for the drive, but what are the consequences of turning dma support off? slower performance? can i just turn dma support off without rebooting? Regards, Marc-Adrian Napoli Network Admin Connect Infobahn Australia +61 2 9281 1750