RE: NForce2 pseudoscience stability testing (2.6.0-test11)

Allen Martin
2003-12-03T01:32:40Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: b@netzentry.com [mailto:b@netzentry.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:23 PM
> How is the performance of the generic IDE driver?
>
> My experience that it was almost unusable (kernel 2.4.22,
> 2.4.23) (fsck taking hours, etc)
>

You won't be able to use DMA without the AMD/nForce driver, so yes it will
be very slow. I'd try the add-in card if you have one available, it will be
more similar to the config that fails but just with a different controller.

-Allen