[MPlayer-users] hdparm question

[justin case]

well, ALWAYS use means of course, only when possible ;) if it don't
work, something is wrong and you can't...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mplayer-users-admin at mplayerhq.hu 
> [mailto:mplayer-users-admin at mplayerhq.hu] On Behalf Of Gabucino
> Sent: Samstag, 23. November 2002 00:40
> To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] hdparm question
> 
> 
> justin case wrote:
> > > use-dma (d1),
> > ALWAYS use it!
> At least most of the time. I have a 2GB 2.5" notebook hdd 
> which (when DMA was enabled) was producing invisible write 
> errors (i.e. no error message, but data was written wrong) 
> with DMA on.
> 
> However, that is such a rare oddity, and is certainly totally 
> buggy. So DMA should be on by default.
> 
> Anyway, what D Richard was writing, it also covers my 
> experiences by 100%.
> 
> -- 
> Gabucino
>