HD Install :: enabling dma on hda1

Don't put the "1" at the end of your device name.

The correct command is:

sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda

HTH...

See this link for info about hdparm that Rob posted in the Feather forum.

Chris

Performance Tips

The command is drive based, not partition based..

"hdparm -d1 /dev/hda"

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ke4nt

thanks it worked from 2mb/s to 11mb/s, however my hdd is meant to work with dma2, but is only compatible with the -d1 command

-d1 command is just the "ON" button for DMA. It does not specify the DMA/UMDA performance level.

See below for additional command line options regarding this program, especially the commentary next to the "-X" option:

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/hdparm.8.html

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