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| 46639 | 2002-05-01 08:24:00 | Ie just installed Mandrake linux 8.2 on my pc and am trying to get access to foulders that are networked on a Windows XP machine on the network the network card appears to bet setup properly. Also how do you check to see if DMA is enabled for harddrives in Linux? Ta |
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| 46640 | 2002-05-01 10:27:00 | You need to install SAMBA on your Linux PC - see homepages.ihug.co.nz When installed the Linux PC will appear in the Network neighbourhood and you can use smbmount to mount the Windows remote HDD. |
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| 46641 | 2002-05-01 10:38:00 | Try the hdparm tool (should be in /sbin). I have not tried this - read the man page carefully before proceeding!! |
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| 46642 | 2002-05-01 13:18:00 | Use 'hdparm /dev/hda' at a terminal to display the current status of your drive. If its turned off, which is default for many distros, open '/etc/sysconfig/harddisks' in your favourite text editor change the USE_DMA line to 'USE_DMA=1' and reboot. There are some other settings there that can also improve performance, eg multiIO, readahead. |
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