From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e6050922075349075ef1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:53:06 -0700 From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] fossil shutdown In-Reply-To: <773c9e03fdb75bc23d88836c96abb42a@terzarima.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <3e1162e605092207157e3e0f9f@mail.gmail.com> <773c9e03fdb75bc23d88836c96abb42a@terzarima.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8f290abe-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 9/22/05, Charles Forsyth wrote: > > If you've ever tried to venti format a 20GB disk you'd know why it > > sucks to deal with. I don't have 24 hours to wait for it to finish as > > this is also my main linux box for my day job. > > perhaps you need > > echo dma on >/dev/sdXX/ctl echo dma on >/dev/sdC1/ctl gives: disabling dma: not on a busmastering controller I assume this is motherboard chipset support biting me again. DMA works fine in other OSes. > echo rwm on >/dev/sdXX/ctl this didn't produce a message but I've no idea if it's working either. > > i'm fairly sure it didn't take anything like that long when i set up my > 32Gb arenas > > Nforce2 is the bane of my plan 9 experience.