On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 01:05:45PM -0800, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Rick Moen wrote:
>
> [discussion of variations on kernel options omitted]
>
> > Which begs the question: How does one do that on arbitrary Linux
> > distributions, if they all implement kernel command-line op
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Rick Moen wrote:
[discussion of variations on kernel options omitted]
> Which begs the question: How does one do that on arbitrary Linux
> distributions, if they all implement kernel command-line options
> differently? (Yes, I do know that more-conservative Linux
> distri
Quoting Dylan Beaudette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> in order to disable DMA you must start the 'expert' installer, and
> pass ide=nodma to the IDE modules so far so good! However, things
> got messy when some packages refused to install (exim4 and some
> others...) so i gave up on debian.
>
> Wit
On Tuesday 16 November 2004 07:42 pm, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> Can I assume you've googled about your particular hardware? Maybe your
> CD/DVD just won't play nice with DMA. One thing worth trying is to see
> how your computer behaves with KNOPPIX. When booting knoppix, do:
>
> knoppix dma
>
>
While you're checking for DMA, see if Windows uses DMA, too. If Windows
does but Linux can't, then there's a problem. To check it, go to [Control
Panel] -> [System] -> [Device Manager] -> select the IDE controllers ->
[Properties] -> second tab.
:: why do i know these things off the top of my he
Can I assume you've googled about your particular hardware? Maybe your
CD/DVD just won't play nice with DMA. One thing worth trying is to see
how your computer behaves with KNOPPIX. When booting knoppix, do:
knoppix dma
to enable dma support of your drives. If everything works, then you
kno
Hi everyone,
I have a machine here that is starting to drive me crazy. It is a Compaq
Pentiumm III class machine, with integrated everything, and a funky case.
I have tried just about every flavor of linux, and only 1 (SUSE 9.1) would
even install. Even after I installed it, any attempts by the O
