On 6/4/07, Steve Simon wrote: > > > You could try turning off disk i/o DMA just in case that helps, > DMA seems to be the quirkest area in the IDE interface. > > echo 'dma off' > /dev/sd00/ctl > Do you think it is enough to disable DMA in BIOS? Or is it necessary to disable it in Plan 9? Should I care what is set in PIO mode? Antonin