Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Statux <statux@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm error
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:44:19
Message-Id: 1128569804.9064.1.camel@statux.kicks-ass.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] hdparm error by LostSon
1 I would guess that you're either not root when trying to change the
2 settings or you have an old disk that doesn't support DMA.
3
4 On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 18:23 -0500, LostSon wrote:
5 > Hello
6 > I am trying to set hdparm on my laptop and keep getting this error
7 > setting using_dma to 1 (on)
8 > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
9 > using_dma = 0 (off)
10 >
11 > I have gone through my kernel configs looking for anything dma related
12 > i may need but cant seem to find anything. Any ideas, thanks.
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14 Statux <statux@×××××××××.net>

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