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How do I DMA enable my drives? I'm trying to make a system back-up/restore cd and I'm getting a message that says 'absolutely no dma found - process will be ...
- 01-29-2006 #1Linux Newbie
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DMA enabling
How do I DMA enable my drives? I'm trying to make a system back-up/restore cd and I'm getting a message that says 'absolutely no dma found - process will be slow' or words to that effect.
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- 01-29-2006 #2Linux Enthusiast
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try using hdparm in the console (as root) can't remember the syntax, but if you type hdparm it will give you a list of options
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hdparm -d1 /dev/hdX
where X is the hard drive letter
that will enable DMA for your hard disk
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