9fans archive / 2006 / 09 / 310 prev nextFrom: Russ Cox <rsc@swt...> Subject: venti+fossil problems on new install Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:24:42 -0400 > oh. okay. since most ATA controllers are listed chipset-by-chipset, couldn't the > known working ones have dma enabled by default? Not just the controller but the drive also needs to be known to be well-behaved. We don't have enough monkeys. Russ