Hank Marquardt said: > I've found a couple links for install issues related to UDMA, but > that isn't the problem, the install went fine I just want them to > talk UDMA -- I know it's not working as hdparm reports 3.68Mbs as > it's speed:( >
im not sure if the 2.4 kernel has this feature but 2.2. does. check proc to see if its turned on or not: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/ide$ cat pdc202xx PDC20267 Chipset. ------------------------------- General Status ---------------------------------Burst Mode : enabledHost Mode : Normal Bus Clocking : 66 External IO pad select : 10 mA Status Polling Period : 4 Interrupt Check Status Polling Delay : 0 --------------- Primary Channel ---------------- Secondary Channel ------------- enabled enabled66 Clocking enabled enabled Mode PCI Mode PCI FIFO Empty FIFO Empty --------------- drive0 --------- drive1 -------- drive0 ---------- drive1 ------DMA enabled: yes yes yes yesDMA Mode: UDMA 4 NOTSET UDMA 4 NOTSET PIO Mode: PIO 4 NOTSET PIO 4 NOTSET also in my kernel config i have: CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y there is a way to turn dma on via hdparm ..check the help, i dont have it installed. nate