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April 20th, 2005 10:00
IDE controller, "enhanced" mode
I have a Dell Inspiron 6000, BIOS version A04.
I'm having trouble with a Linux system (Debian, FWIW). Using a generic IDE driver I can boot the Linux system, but I lose the ability to activate DMA. Using the ICH SATA driver, I run into a problem where the SATA kernel driver gets confused and clashes with the PATA generic driver instead of overtaking it.
I've found some pointers in this discussion:
http://kerneltrap.org/node/3971
Specifically:
"The exact same thing happened to me when i touched one of the bios parameters. On ide configuration, you have to use enhanced mode and use S-ATA. I have to say i have an ASUS p4p800 se with Intel 865PE and Intel ICH5R chipsets."
"This fixed my problem with the ata_pixx / SATA hard drive + IDE DVD without DMA problem. The default BIOS setting for the integrated ICH5R SATA controller is Auto and it needed to be changed to Enhanced."
Question: does the Inspiron 6000 feature this "enhanced" mode? If not, how can I enable it, if possible? I've found nothing of the sort in the BIOS setup screen.
I'm having trouble with a Linux system (Debian, FWIW). Using a generic IDE driver I can boot the Linux system, but I lose the ability to activate DMA. Using the ICH SATA driver, I run into a problem where the SATA kernel driver gets confused and clashes with the PATA generic driver instead of overtaking it.
I've found some pointers in this discussion:
http://kerneltrap.org/node/3971
Specifically:
"The exact same thing happened to me when i touched one of the bios parameters. On ide configuration, you have to use enhanced mode and use S-ATA. I have to say i have an ASUS p4p800 se with Intel 865PE and Intel ICH5R chipsets."
"This fixed my problem with the ata_pixx / SATA hard drive + IDE DVD without DMA problem. The default BIOS setting for the integrated ICH5R SATA controller is Auto and it needed to be changed to Enhanced."
Question: does the Inspiron 6000 feature this "enhanced" mode? If not, how can I enable it, if possible? I've found nothing of the sort in the BIOS setup screen.
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wirespot
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April 20th, 2005 11:00
Can anyone tell me whether the IDE controller on the Inspiron 6000 runs in that fabled "enhanced" mode or not? An aquintance has a 5150 and he didn't have this issue I'm having.
I've got another friend who would like to install Linux at some point on a Inspiron 6000 he's considering buying, but I don't think he'll be happy without DMA. It would be a shame, otherwise the laptop is very nice.
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April 21st, 2005 06:00