[ltp] DMA?

[Zoki]

At 20:07 03/08/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Jon Tabor wrote:
>
> > But, there's a problem -- when I reboot, the DMA gets turned off.  I've
> > taken to adding /sbin/hdparm -d1 /dev/cdrom to a small script that starts
> > Ogle, but I want a better solution.
>
>If RedHat 7.3 does things the same way as 7.2 (likely), then
>either edit /etc/sysconfig/harddisks, or else create seperate files
>/etc/sysconfig/harddiskhda, /etc/sysconfig/harddiskhdb, etc. for each
>magnetic or cd/dvd disk drive.   Uncomment the line "USE_DMA=1" .



*** If you are **positive** your hdparm tweaks **work OK**, you can add the 
option "-k" - see man - to "save" the setup and avoid a reset which seems 
to be your problem.

Use the "/etc/sysconfig/harddisks[?] file to setup hdparm.

Zoran.



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