[expert] DMA on new Maxtor hard drive

2003-03-01 Thread Azrael
I just installed a brand new 120GB Maxtor hard drive. Formatted ext3 etc. When I boot up I get a message about DMA timeout on the new partition, and also when coping files to the new partition.. it feels as if it is rather sluggish (could be subconscious). Also several times copying files has

Re: [expert] DMA on new Maxtor hard drive

2003-03-01 Thread tarvid
On Friday 28 February 2003 05:04 pm, Azrael wrote: I just installed a brand new 120GB Maxtor hard drive. Formatted ext3 etc. When I boot up I get a message about DMA timeout on the new partition, and also when coping files to the new partition.. it feels as if it is rather sluggish (could be

Re: [expert] DMA on new Maxtor hard drive

2003-03-01 Thread Azrael
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 15:55, tarvid wrote: On Friday 28 February 2003 05:04 pm, Azrael wrote: I just installed a brand new 120GB Maxtor hard drive. Formatted ext3 etc. When I boot up I get a message about DMA timeout on the new partition, and also when coping files to the new partition..

Re: [expert] DMA on new Maxtor hard drive

2003-03-01 Thread diego
If I'm right HighPoint HPT372 is only supported through a kernel patch you should download from their homepage. If it is a HPT370 one, then kernel 2.4.20 and above support dma in it (not sure about 2.4.19). Good Luck! El sáb, 01-03-2003 a las 18:27, Azrael escribió: On Sat, 2003-03-01 at

Re: [expert] DMA on new Maxtor hard drive

2003-03-01 Thread Azrael
DMA works on my other 2 hard drives on the highpoint controller, without patching or any fuss. Just the new maxtor drive played up. But I put it onto a normal IDE (non highpoint) channel, and works fine. So my problem is gone. On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 17:42, diego wrote: If I'm right HighPoint

Re: [expert] DMA on new Maxtor hard drive

2003-03-01 Thread Rolf Pedersen
diego wrote: If I'm right HighPoint HPT372 is only supported through a kernel patch you should download from their homepage. If it is a HPT370 one, then kernel 2.4.20 and above support dma in it (not sure about 2.4.19). Good Luck! Alan Cox's ide patches from 2.4.20-ac1 were merged in the cooker

Re: [expert] DMA on new Maxtor hard drive

2003-03-01 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 5:27 pm, Azrael wrote: On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 15:55, tarvid wrote: On Friday 28 February 2003 05:04 pm, Azrael wrote: I just installed a brand new 120GB Maxtor hard drive. Formatted ext3 etc. When I boot up I get a message about DMA timeout on the new partition,