From: Ben G. <b.t...@bl...> - 2002-11-12 19:15:52
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On Tuesday 12 November 2002 5:28 pm, Ralf Steppacher wrote: > Hi Ben. > > > Additionally the SuSE provided kernel (at least in 8.1 pro) is > > configured with dma only for disks hence it was only enabled on your > > hard drive. You can easily re-compile if you know your IDE dma > > capable motherboard is compatible with your IDE dma capable drives := ) > > It should be compatible because the call to hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb (which > happens to be my DVD drive) works fine. > > My point was that any combination should work because the standards are=20 defined, but although devices may claim to conform to them they sometimes= =20 don't work together. My Via KT133 and ATAPI Zip 100 being a case in point= ,=20 should work but don't because of a bug in the chipset (only the windows=20 driver has a workaround :( ). In an ideal world you should be able to enable dma on any dma capable dri= ve=20 and it should work. Anyway enough, it now works for you! Ben Griffiths |