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2.4.6 Hardware Information
YaST detects hardware for the configuration of hardware components. The
detected technical data is displayed in this screen. This is especially useful,
for example, if you want to submit a support request for which you need
information about your hardware.
Figure 2.15: Displaying Hardware Information
2.4.7 IDE DMA Mode
With this module, activate and deactivate the DMA mode for your IDE
hard disks and your IDE CD and DVD drives in the installed system. This
module does not have any effect on SCSI devices. DMA modes can sub-
stantially increase the performance and data transfer speed in your system.
During the installation, the current SUSE LINUX kernel automatically acti-
vates DMA for hard disks but not for CD drives, as default DMA activation
for all drives often caused problems with CD drives. Use the DMA mod-
ule to activate DMA for your drives. If the drive supports the DMA mode
without any problems, the data transfer rate of your drive can be increased
by activating DMA.
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