boot delay/DMA timeout

[admin at kclinux.net]

James Wilkinson just answered this in the Dell 3200 laptop thread so I 
cant take credit.

At the boot prompt, try
linux hdc=nodma
or
linux nodma



Jay wrote:

>New FC2 install. Several minutes delay at start of boot process. DMA
>timeout for hdb, the linux drive on system. hparm says dma=0. Can I turn
>off this process? 
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>Thanks,
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>Jay
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