Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: "floppy0: Unable to allocate DMA memory" -- frequent problem | Date | Wed, 15 May 1996 13:22:11 +0200 | From | Alain KNAFF <> |
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>I frequently get this message when I try to use my floppy after the >system has been running for a while (I have 32 MB of RAM). The only >way I've been able to clear this is to create a huge file and then >delete it, which flushes out any stray buffered files. This really >isn't a very nice solution. > >-- >Robert Krawitz <rlk@tiac.net> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/ > >Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf@uunet.uu.net >Tall Clubs International -- tci-request@aptinc.com or 1-800-521-2512 >
Try using the floppy=nodma flag when booting Linux or when loading the floppy module.
Alain
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