On Thursday 11 November 2004 04:13, Peter H. wrote: > Hi, > > Slackware 10 > > When I switch to kernel 2.6.7 I get the following error message on boot: > > * Warning: The dma on your hard drive is turned off. * > * This may really slow down the fsck process. *
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I suggest you use www.google.com/linux and type in "2.6.7 DMA" (without > quotes), lots of hints there on 2.6.x kernels and DMA. > I would go as far as saying its NOT you or your hardware at fault,many have > problems with DMA and friends at the minute. One draw back of using an up to > date kernel which has not been widely tested. That's what I did before posting on the subject. That's why I asked where to put hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda in /etc/rc.d since the error message comes early on booting and putting it into rc.local it will be executed at the end of boot. I put it into rc.S and still get the error message: setting using_dma to 1 (on) > > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > > using_dma = 0 (off) Further when booted with 2.6.7 kppp takes again 22 seconds to come up against 11 with 2.4.26. Therefore I resign from the idea of using kernel 2.6.7. Signing off. Thanks everybody for the help, much appreciated. Regards -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
