[ILUG] hdparm and DMA "not permitted"

[Paul Jakma]

On Sun, 20 May 2001, Conor Daly wrote:

> Well, as I said earlier, "Ultra DMA Enabled" in CMOS

hmmm... linux is unlikely to be lying.

> Disks are both on "auto"

so perhaps your bios doesn't like them.

also:

what kernel version?
what IDE controller (lspci)?

try 2.4 compiled with extra support for that controller and see what
it thinks on boot.

regards,
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