blacktop:/home/mandingo# for i in a b; do hdparm -d 1 /dev/hd$i; done /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off)
/dev/hdb: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) blacktop:/home/mandingo# It won't let me. Do I have to enable something in the kernel? On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 00:09, Crispin Wellington wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 15:57, Patrick Lane wrote: > > Any time there is any hard drive activity, my mouse will freeze up until > > the hard drive stops being accessed. This has only happened since I've > > downgraded to woody (reformatted). I do not have a slow computer. I'm > > running a Athlon 1200, 1 GB of RAM, and UDMA 100 HDDs. I'm also using > > kernel 2.4.17. Any ideas? > > Try switching on DMA access on your ide bus. > > for i in a b c d; do hdparm -d 1 /dev/hd$i; done > > Kind Regards > Crispin Wellington > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
