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Re: Unable to disable IDE DMA on boot



On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 09:11:39AM +0200, Johannes Lehtinen wrote:
> So I need to disable the DMA right at boot. Usually this has been done
> by giving the kernel "ide=nodma" parameter but now with the modular
> kernel this does not appear to work.

The module should accept a similar parameter then.

But when you need a module to access the disk, then you should be able
to obtain a rootshell _before_ the module is loaded, and/or issue the
hdparm command.

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Jan Minar                   "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9

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