Tecra 8000: Desk Station V + chipset/HDD on Debian Linux?

Hi!
I have a Toshiba Tecra 8000 and a Desk Station V , currently running Debian Linux.
The HDD I have in my docking station is working, but very slow (and I know that this is not the drive itself, it is working fine in another computer). I can't seem to enable DMA ("HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted", is it even possible for docked hard drives?), but it works with the internal one.
The internal HD (hda) gets fairly decent speeds, but the external (hde) is working at a snail's pace:
ulmo:/etc# hdparm -t /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 14 MB in 4.94 seconds = 2.83 MB/sec
ulmo:/etc# hdparm -t /dev/hde
/dev/hde:
Timing buffered disk reads: 2 MB in 3.92 seconds = 522.50 kB/sec
Any suggestions? An does anyone know if the Desk Station V requires any chipset/IDE controller configuration and/or support?
Thanks for any help whatsoever.

Hi
As far as I know the Desk Station V Plus expends additional features to Enhanced Port Replicator II's as follows:
one PCI/ISA bus and one PCI bus expansion slots, a 5-inch drive bay,
a Selectable Bay, and an on-board SCSI-2 (Small Computer System Interface) controller.
I have found also a information in the net that the Desk Station V plus support also only the UDMA2.
Well, I think the internal notebook interface is a little bit faster as the DSV .

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