On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:25:20PM -0600, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> > [snip steve]
> > > > hda: QUANTUM BIGFOOT_CY6480A, 6204MB w/67kB Cache, CHS=13446/15/63, DMA
> > > > hdd: ATAPI 20X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA
> > > >
> > > > So, the kernel believes that the drives are still DMA-capable at boottime
> > > > despite the BIOS switch.
> >
> > Sorry steve for refrence.. my cdrom doesn't go into DMA mode
> > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> > hda: Maxtor 92048U8, ATA DISK drive
> > hdc: CD-R CDU928E, ATAPI CDROM drive
> >
> > hdparm of hda is same, i did just notice your cd is on hdd. why for?
>
> Because I gain almost 3M/sec transfer speed by not having slow devices on
> the hard drive cable.
no no, not why is it on the secondary, why is it slaved is what i wondered
about. also are your ide[01] lines identical to mine? i think i sniped
that maybe..
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