[ale] disabling DMA

[Yu, Jerry]

at boot, append ' ide=nodma' to disable DMA for all IDE devices. 
or enter single user mode to edit boot manager configuration to add this
option first.

hehehe, hasn't play SUSE for quite a while, what boot manager does it use?
If it is LILO or GRUB, it should be really simple. 

Once you boot into it, you need to edit /etc/lilo.conf or
/boot/grub/grub.conf to add 'ide=nodma' to it.  (location may vary for SUSE)


-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:19 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] disabling DMA


ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> I am using Suse 9.1.
> I enabled DMA for /dev/hdaX using Yast2
> DMA seems to be causing some problem that will not allow me to boot into
X.
> 
> How can I disable it using the command line?

man hdparm


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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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