From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Peter H." Subject: dma turned off Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:13:27 +0800 Message-ID: <20041111031327.278F03F57C@heisspf> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux Hi, Slackware 10 When I switch to kernel 2.6.7 I get the following error message on boot: * Warning: The dma on your hard drive is turned off. * * This may really slow down the fsck process. * Apparently with the command "hdparm -d /dev/hda" dma is turned on. Where in /etc/rc.d if that is the place do I put this command? However, giving the command from the console as root after booting I get: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) How to resolve? Thanks & regards -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs