From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Adams Subject: Re: dma turned off Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:58:28 +0100 Message-ID: <200411111658.28958.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> References: <20041111031327.278F03F57C@heisspf> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20041111031327.278F03F57C@heisspf> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: "Peter H." Cc: linux On Thursday 11 November 2004 04:13, Peter H. wrote: > Hi, > > Slackware 10 > > When I switch to kernel 2.6.7 I get the following error message on bo= ot: > > =A0* Warning: The dma on your hard drive is turned off. * > =A0* This may really slow down the fsck process. * I suggest you use www.google.com/linux and type in "2.6.7 DMA" (without= =20 quotes), lots of hints there on 2.6.x kernels and DMA. I would go as far as saying its NOT you or your hardware at fault,many = have=20 problems with DMA and friends at the minute. One draw back of using an up to date kernel which has not been widely t= ested. --=20 If the Linux community is a bunch of thieves because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - 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