[geeks] IDE question

[Caleb Shay]

Most likely dma is not turned on for that drive.  man hdparm
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 09:37 AM, Kevin wrote:

> Here's a basic one for you guys.  Why would heavy HD
> writes (like a "make install" for openssl) cause an IDE
> based system to become unresponsive during said writes?
>
> We have a couple of linux machines here at work that
> are exhibiting this (one IDE device per channel) and
> i'm not too familiar with the inner workings of IDE.
> I've alway stuck with SCSI as that is what i know.
> Looking for the technical answer here.
>
> Note: i really don't want to spark up the old SCSI vs
> IDE debate again, i'm just looking for the info here :)
>
> Thanks,
> /KRM
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