Volker Poplawski wrote: > Am Donnerstag 20 September 2007 13:18:36 schrieb David C. Rankin: >> On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE >> DMA Setup. Is this normal??? >> > Maybe because you don't have any IDE-drives in laptop but all sata drives? > >
Well that's just cooky, but you are right! I do have an IDE drive in there, not SATA. How do I know? Because I just put the new Western Digital Scorpio WD1200BEVE 120GB 5400 RPM ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive in there. But it looks like my friend 'Hal' is using it as a serial storage device?? From hardware info: 12: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' storage.media_check_enabled = false storage.firmware_version = '01.04A01' storage.removable.media_available = true storage.size = 120034123776ull (0x1bf2976000ull) storage.hotpluggable = false block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hda' storage.bus = 'ide' block.major = 3 (0x3) block.is_volume = false storage.drive_type = 'disk' info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block' } storage.removable.media_size = 120034123776ull (0x1bf2976000ull) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390' volume.ignore = true storage.no_partitions_hint = false linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) storage.model = 'WDC WD1200BEVE-11UYT0' storage.serial = 'WD-WXE307576390' info.product = 'WDC WD1200BEVE-11UYT0' storage.requires_eject = false linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hda' storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4349_ide_0_0' info.category = 'storage' storage.automount_enabled_hint = true storage.removable = false info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4349_ide_0_0' block.device = '/dev/hda' block.minor = 0 (0x0) storage.vendor = '' storage.partitioning_scheme = 'mbr' Go figure??? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]