From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Bug Report. Maybe DMA race on Abit BX6
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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:53:35 -0600
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Carl-Johan Kjellander wrote:

> Anyway, is it possible to force the kernel not to use DMA when booting?
> Or is there another kernel I could try to get it installed.
>

you can configure the machine not to use DMA from the BIOS. also try 'cat
/dev/sdC0/ctl' to see whether it's on or off.

doing a 'echo dma off > /dev/sdC0/ctl' will disable dma

that assumes your disk is under /dev/sdC0 :)

andrey