On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 06:59:21PM -0700, G?zim Hoxha wrote: > Someone suggested this: > # hdparm -d1 /dev/hda > # /etc/init.d/hdparm start > # rc-update add hdparm default > So I did it, then restarted but nope, same error. > > Then I checked what Owen said, but those were compiled > into the kernel already. > > Anyone wanna tell me what dma is anyway? Do I need it? > If not then who cares about the warning!
Direct Memory Access - a faster way of doing disk I/O than the alternative. You need it if disk I/O performance is important... if your activities are not particularly disk-intensive, you probably don't care. Nathan Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Owen Gunden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 04:08:48PM -0700, Gzim Hoxha > > wrote: > > > When gentoo boots it says: > > > Warning: dma on you harddrive is turned off. > > > .... > > > > > > How do I turn it on? > > > > Maybe this is a long shot, but.. > > > > I had this problem immediately after I recompiled a > > kernel. I had > > accidentally turned off "Generic PCI IDE chipset > > support" and "Use PCI DMA > > by default when available" (under IDE, ATA and ATAPI > > Block devices in > > menuconfig). > > > > After turning that back on, the warning went away, > > and no hdparm required. > > > > Owen > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
