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Re: DMA is turned off on my HDD



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On 07/17/08 09:05, Bob Cox wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 08:45:41 -0500, Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson@cox.net) wrote: 
> 
>>> On 07/17/08 06:48, Anton Liaukevich wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>>> My hardware:
>>>>     motherboard: Epox 8RDA3I rev 3.3 (nForce 2 Ultra)
>>>>     hdd: WD1200JB (ide, 120gb)
>>>>     cpu: Sempron 2200 (k7)
> 
>> Scratch the chipset driver.  It's the SATA driver.  nForce2 is old
>> enough that it almost definitely needs sata_nv.
> 
> Is that right Ron?  The OP says it's IDE.  I'm using a WD2000JB IDE here
> and definitely no SATA drivers.

Too true.  Sorry.

Maybe IDE is behind a JMicron bridge?  It needs it's own driver.

$ grep JMI /boot/config-2.6.24smp
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON=y
CONFIG_PATA_JMICRON=y

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"Kittens give Morbo gas.  In lighter news, the city of New New
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