Re: hdparm and DMA and raid

2002-11-20 Thread Emil Pedersen
[...] > > As I don't know your mobo I might be wrong, but the general opinion > > seems to be "stay away from the built in raid and go for linux software > > raid". Usually the cheap so called raid chip/cards are just new bios > > instructions to do software raid anyway, something that the kerne

Re: hdparm and DMA and raid

2002-11-20 Thread mdevin
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:04:49 +0100, Emil Pedersen wrote: > [slightly change/addition of topic] > > It seems like you could try 2.4.20-pre2-ac5 (or later I guess) instead > of stepping to 2.5, at least the change log says "Add VIA vt8235 IDE > support". Excellent. I will compile one when I ge

hdparm and DMA and raid

2002-11-19 Thread Emil Pedersen
[slightly change/addition of topic] mdevin wrote: > > I really appreciate the effort you and others have put into helping me > with this problem. Unfortunately, I won't be able do things like > compile a 2.5 kernel or re-boot with ide0=ata66, until I return from > work in about 5 days time. I