Torsten, > I usually write a little c program which allocate some MB of memory, > afterward there is usually enough memory for DMA available. A fellow debianiter has told me to use 'swapout' from the ftape package. So far it works! Salutacions, Pere ---- __o Ultima Ratio Regum 2:343/108.91 ----- _`\<;_ mailto:pere@casal.upc.es PGP key available --- (_)/ (_) http://casal.upc.es/~pere/