[mythtv-users] Re: DMA not enabled

[Steve Adeff]

On Wednesday 12 October 2005 07:37, Phil Strong wrote:
> SATA and DMA not working how can I resolve this guys?
>
> On 10/11/05, Phil Strong <phil.strong.sds at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I recently replaced my mythbox with a shiny new machine that now has SATA
> > drives. After initial install of OS and Myth ... I play live tv and it is
> > slow and/or skips. I checked the hdparm for /dev/hda5 (/video) and find
> > out that DMA is disabled :).
> >
> > How do I go about enabling DMA?
> >
> > If the answer is reinstall how do I insure this won't happen again?

if your SATA drive is on /dev/hda then its not a SATA drive or you need to 
move from a 2.4 kernel to a 2.6 kernel and get real SATA support.

Steve