HD Install :: enabling dma on hda1

how do i enable dma on my hard drive, i just did a damn small linux install on my hard drive, and i want to enable dma so it will go faster

cameron20020-
I think it's still the case that you
can enter "dsl dma" at boot time
to enable dma on your drives-
hitting F2 will show all the boot options.
Or the hdparm command can be used,
but off the top of my head I can't
remember the details of the switches.
Use with caution,it is safer to use the
boot option.

aah,sorry,just realised we're
in hdinstall,search net for manpage
of hdparm,your command will be
something like hdparm -d1 -X34 /dev/hda
check out the manpage first.

Keeping in mind that hdparm should be run as user "root":

sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda

for example.

i tried it, my hdd is meant to be compatible with dma1 dma2 udma1 udma2, however when i type in
sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda1
it says HDIO_SEYT_DMA failed:invalid argument

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