[ltp] SuSE 9.1 on T40

[Ejnar Zacho Rath]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:42:41 -0500 (EST), Eben King
<eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Donald B. Altman wrote:
> > ** Reply to message from Taylor Smith <tsmith@tsmithphotos.com> on Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:06:06 -0600
> >
> > Hi Taylor,
> >
> > This is a long shot...
> >
> > When I installed SuSE 9.1 on my T42p, somehow I ended up with the HD
> > DMA off.  That slowed my system waaaay down.  Try Yast/Hardware/
> > IDE DMA mode and set it to agree with your drive.
> 
> "hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda" might do it once, but dunno how you make it stick.
> Maybe add that command to some rc.* script.
> 
> --
> -eben      ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm      home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
YaST2 -> System -> /etc/sysconfig Editor -> Hardware -> IDE ->
DEVICES_FORCE_IDE_DMA

(At least on my SuSE 9.2)

Rgrds,
-- 
Ejnar Zacho Rath
Denmark