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Re: hdd makes problems --> dma

2004-09-22 08:26:18
Subject: Re: hdd makes problems --> dma
From: Marc <mozilla AT mgvd DOT be>
To: Sebastian Kösters <skoesters AT sino DOT de>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:21:53 +0200

Sebastian Kösters wrote:
Hi together, i tried to setup a new amanda server but the hdd makes problems. It's not possible for me to activate the DMA-Mode.

Hdparm –d1 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
 setting using_dma to 1 (on)
 HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
 using_dma    =  0 (off)


dmesg | grep had

hda: ST340015A, ATA DISK drive
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: 78165360 sectors (40021 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=4865/255/63
 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 >
hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ← ??????
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ← ??????

Hi,

Prolly a problem with the driver for the IDE controller.

'lspci' will show which IDE controller you have. Look for this type in the kernel-config (make menuconfig) or load the right module (/etc/modules.conf?).

Marc

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