DMA problem in new WD200 hdd

[Theodoros V. Kalamatianos]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, yiui uoioi wrote:

> agorasa enan WD200 GB /8MB cache hdd kai apofasisa na
> ananeoso to p3-800 poy exo me redhat9 kai pyrines

Ah, kati akoma... mipws exeis mhtrikh me VIA southbridge ? Kapoia VIA
chipsets pou eixan kykloforhsei prin 3-4 xronia (kapou tote prepei na
phres kai ton p3/800) eixan provlima se entono PCI bus-mastering
activity, opws auto mou vlepeis me grhgorous diskous se DMA mode.
Egw auto to eixa dei ston Athlon/900 mou me ton Promise controller. Vgikan
se kapoies periptwseis BIOS updates pou kalyptan to provlima. Gia des
mipws prokeitai gia kati tetoio...