Jon Portnoy wrote:
> In article <jiuJa.393$IP6.19879@eagle.america.net>, . wrote:
>
>>Marek Defecin'ski wrote:
>>
>>
>>>. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>hey again,
>>>>
>>>>i'm using hdparm -d1 /dev/hda and it sets dma for all the partitions,
>>>>but everytime i reboot my system it doesn't keep those changes. i'm
>>>>using reiserfs for all my data storage type partitions, and during the
>>>>initialization process it keeps warning me that dma is off. sure enough
>>>>when i check the flag its set to zero. do i need to add "hdparm -d1
>>>>/dev/hda" to my init.d files? thanks for your time.
>>>
>>>
>>>edit /etc/conf.d/hdparm
>>>
>>>and then
>>>rc-update add hdparm default
>>
>>i edited the hdparm file so that it had all_args="-d1" and added it to
>>init.d with rc-update add hdparm default. that sets the hard drives and
>>cdrom up correctly, but it does it too late. can i have it set with
>>earlier by changing the runlevel to 1 instead of 3? just checking so i
>>don't render the system unbootable (hate to ruin all this hard work)
>>hehe. thanks for your time.
>>
>>-will
>>
>
>
> rc-update del hdparm default
> rc-update add hdparm boot
>

that put it right under the
* Checking all filesystems

can i get it where hdparm happens first instead of the filesystems thing?

-will

In article <f0LJa.471$IP6.22846@eagle.america.net>, . wrote:
> Jon Portnoy wrote:
>> In article <jiuJa.393$IP6.19879@eagle.america.net>, . wrote:
>>
>>>Marek Defecin'ski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>hey again,
>>>>>
>>>>>i'm using hdparm -d1 /dev/hda and it sets dma for all the partitions,
>>>>>but everytime i reboot my system it doesn't keep those changes. i'm
>>>>>using reiserfs for all my data storage type partitions, and during the
>>>>>initialization process it keeps warning me that dma is off. sure enough
>>>>>when i check the flag its set to zero. do i need to add "hdparm -d1
>>>>>/dev/hda" to my init.d files? thanks for your time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>edit /etc/conf.d/hdparm
>>>>
>>>>and then
>>>>rc-update add hdparm default
>>>
>>>i edited the hdparm file so that it had all_args="-d1" and added it to
>>>init.d with rc-update add hdparm default. that sets the hard drives and
>>>cdrom up correctly, but it does it too late. can i have it set with
>>>earlier by changing the runlevel to 1 instead of 3? just checking so i
>>>don't render the system unbootable (hate to ruin all this hard work)
>>>hehe. thanks for your time.
>>>
>>>-will
>>>
>>
>>
>> rc-update del hdparm default
>> rc-update add hdparm boot
>>
>
> that put it right under the
> * Checking all filesystems
>
> can i get it where hdparm happens first instead of the filesystems thing?
>
> -will
>

Good question. Frankly it might be handy if it does this by default.

Could you wander over to bugs.gentoo.org and open a bug about it if
there isn't one?

--
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Opinions expressed are my own, not those of any entity I am
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Jon Portnoy wrote:
> In article <f0LJa.471$IP6.22846@eagle.america.net>, . wrote:
>
>>Jon Portnoy wrote:
>>
>>>In article <jiuJa.393$IP6.19879@eagle.america.net>, . wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Marek Defecin'ski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>hey again,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>i'm using hdparm -d1 /dev/hda and it sets dma for all the partitions,
>>>>>>but everytime i reboot my system it doesn't keep those changes. i'm
>>>>>>using reiserfs for all my data storage type partitions, and during the
>>>>>>initialization process it keeps warning me that dma is off. sure enough
>>>>>>when i check the flag its set to zero. do i need to add "hdparm -d1
>>>>>>/dev/hda" to my init.d files? thanks for your time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>edit /etc/conf.d/hdparm
>>>>>
>>>>>and then
>>>>>rc-update add hdparm default
>>>>
>>>>i edited the hdparm file so that it had all_args="-d1" and added it to
>>>>init.d with rc-update add hdparm default. that sets the hard drives and
>>>>cdrom up correctly, but it does it too late. can i have it set with
>>>>earlier by changing the runlevel to 1 instead of 3? just checking so i
>>>>don't render the system unbootable (hate to ruin all this hard work)
>>>>hehe. thanks for your time.
>>>>
>>>>-will
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>rc-update del hdparm default
>>>rc-update add hdparm boot
>>>
>>
>>that put it right under the
>>* Checking all filesystems
>>
>>can i get it where hdparm happens first instead of the filesystems thing?
>>
>>-will
>>
>
>
> Good question. Frankly it might be handy if it does this by default.
>
> Could you wander over to bugs.gentoo.org and open a bug about it if
> there isn't one?
>
well there wasn't a bug open about this particular deal so i made one. i
think its probably a simple fix tomorrow hopefully i'll have a little
more time than i've been having , and i can try to knock this
annoyance out hehe. almost got KDE installed!! so i'll be fully
operational soon!!

-will