[plug] hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc

Scott Middleton scott at linuxit.com.au
Fri Aug 15 09:18:57 WST 2003


On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 09:01, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > Dodgy cables can be an issue too...
> 
> Intereseting. I've never seen it, but it does make sense.

Its what happened to the Debian machine on Distro Day. Couldn't get it
above udma2. Replaced cable,  no probs.

> 
> >>Possibilities include: your chipset doesn't support it, or your kernel 
> >>doesn't support DMA on your chipset.
> 
> An extra suggestion I forgot: try upgrading to 2.4.21 and see if that helps.


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Scott Middleton <scott at linuxit.com.au>
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