WRITE_DMA failures on 5.3 (but NOT on 4.10)

[DanGer]

Hi craig,

Monday, November 29, 2004, 10:47:11 AM, you thoughtfully wrote the following:

>>DanGer wrote:
>>[...]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> i have the same issue on brand new 200gb ata maxtor hard drive. i had
>>> the same issue on 5.2.1, but when i upgraded to 5.3 i decided to turn on
>>> ata dma but after 9 days of uptime it froze..no logs, whatever...so i
>>> turned ata dma off for now, and i will stay and watch what will happen..
>>
>>That's very helpful, thank you. The behaviour you describe - machine
>>freezing - is exactly what I have experienced. I'm feeling vaguely 
>>optimistic now :-)
>>
>>> 
>>> but there should be some other fix, because i don't want to keep my
>>> disc in pio mode :/
>>
>>Absolutely. But I guess, since I'm not going to try to produce a fix
>>myself, I can't whinge too loudly. A workaround is what I need right now
>>and I hope you've confirmed that this is one.
>>
>>Peter.


> have you had any luck yet? 

there wasn't reboot since last, when i turned dma off and i have no
strange messeges in logs..but i have to remind you, that the box
froze after 9 days of uptime, when i had dma turned on, so...

> i've disabled DMA at a bios level, but it seems to make no discernable
> difference. 
> and the installation still fails...

try to turn it off in system before boot in loader prompt
(not sure if this is possible:))

> have the IDE drivers changed between 4.10 and 5.3? 

i think so, but there are people who understands this more than me ;-)

> much thanks,

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