hi ya aaron On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Aaron wrote: > root@chimera:~# hdparm -d /dev/hdb > > /dev/hdb: > using_dma = 0 (off) > > But, unfortunately, I can't turn it on, either: > > root@chimera:~# hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb > > /dev/hdb: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > using_dma = 0 (off) add your ide drivers into the kernel for the chipset used on your motherboard c ya alvin