FC2 install - dual processor, out of disk space

[James Kosin]

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Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

| Hi All--
| Gee, I changed the subject.  I'm sorry that I offended you.  Bet you get
| lots of Fedora converts that way.
|
| What does linux "ide=nodma" actually do?
|
| Metta,
| Ivan
|
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1)  Changing the subject doesn't change the underlying information.  If
you take a close look at the headers from this list, they contain
information about which message this message is in reply to.
Some email clients are able to take this information and build a tree so
you can view the messages to the list more like a newsgroup.  This helps
most of us as messages tend to range about 200-300 per day on average.

2)  "ide=nodma" actually turns off DMA for the ide interface.  There are
known issues with some BIOSes and CD-ROM manufactures and the CD drive
can choke on DMA transfers.
It will slow down the transfer and give the CD-ROM time to pass the
information to the ide interface in a SAFE manor.  This usually fixes
problems like this.

Good Luck,
James Kosin
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