Re: Desktop Performance Issue

["Antoine Jacoutot" <ajacoutot@lphp.org>]

-----Original Message-----
   >From: "Bruce Sass"<bsass@edmc.net>
   >Sent: 27/12/02 23:15:06
   >To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org"<debian-user@lists.debian.org>
   >Cc: "xio"<xio@port22.net>
   >Subject: Re: Desktop Performance Issue
     >On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, xio wrote:
   >
   >> Frank Gevaerts wrote:
   >> > Probably not needed. Try running hdparm to enable DMA.
   >>
   >> I agree.  First thing after a Debian install I always put the following
   >> line into /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh:
   >>
   >> /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hd[abc]
   >>
   >> Works like a treat!
   >
   ># hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda
   >
   >/dev/hda:
   > setting using_dma to 1 (on)
   > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
   > using_dma    =  0 (off)
   
Do it as root