If you don't find your brand in the kernel configuration, download the appropriate kernel patches for DMA acceleration written by Andre Hedrick, from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/.
Luckily, your kernel version 2.4.17 has a patch available. -Ramesh | | > blacktop:/home/mandingo# for i in a b; do hdparm -d 1 | > It won't let me. Do I have to enable something in the kernel? | | Possibly. I had to on my wife's computer. To a dmesg and | look for your brand of IDE controller. Make sure said | controller is turned on in the kernel. That's what I had to | do to get DMA working. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]