[expert] DMA on new Maxtor hard drive

[Azrael]

I just installed a brand new 120GB Maxtor hard drive.
Formatted ext3 etc.
When I boot up I get a message about DMA timeout on the new partition,
and also when coping files to the new partition.. it feels as if it is
rather sluggish (could be subconscious).
Also several times copying files has seemed to seize up, and trying an
'ls' on the directory hung the 'ls' command and couldn't break out of it
even with ctrl-c.
Could anyone help me out with some ideas?

many thanks

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