In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Karl-Heinz Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is interesting -- I'm owning an Inspiron 8000 and this would mean I > could put some sony devices into the modular bay of the I8k? Possibly. I'm told the Lattitudes and the high-end Inspiron bays are compatible. > Which sony's? I was able to put a Sony CRX700E from my friend's Lattitude into my Inspiron 8100 left bay. My built-in is /dev/hdb, dev=0,0,0. The bay was /dev/hdc, dev=0,1,0. The Sony worked flawlessly, unlike the built-in Matsushita UJDA330. > > Can anyone confirm or deny this same-channel IDE issue I'm having > > with blanking and fixating? > > Not directly -- I'm running the I8k with DVD in fixed bay (hdb, same channel > as HD hda) and the burner (Matsushita UJA...) comes in as hdc. Holy shit, you have a Matsushita too? Is it a UJDA330 Rev 1.50? If so, then either my particular drive is defective, or it's the same-IDE channel that is a problem (either a problem for that model of drive, or a problem for all drives). > So I've > nothing on the same channel. In this case it does not block HD acess, but > it's a rather different situation. Lucky bum. When I was using the borrowed Sony I was likewise able to use the rest of my machine without a performance penalty. > I know that I can rip audio data to HD without problems (same channel). But a > blank would cause a SCSI device to disconnect for a long time -- and if the > IDE channel is blocked by this that's a rather bad situation. In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is happening with ATAPI and if you made the mistake to connect > a hard disk to the same cable as the CD. Unfortunately, with a laptop, you don't have much choice about which IDE channel your drives are connected to. The IDE channel freeze is apparrently an unavoidable thing. My inability to re-write all of a CD-RW I think is an actual problem. I'm going to try to get Dell to give me a drive that works, whether that means replacing the internal, or just giving me a bay-based CD-RW. Action items for y'all: I recommend that the cdrecord manual page be augmented with a few sentences about how fixation and "blank=" will seize control of the IDE channel, preventing access to any other device on the channel until the operation is complete (mildly irritating for fixation and blank=fast; excruciating disdain-inducing for blank=all). There should be a reference in the blank= paragraph and a special note beside blank=all. Add a few same-channel configurations to your test suite (preferrably /dev/hdb). It may be a bad choice for a desktop machine, but you don't often have a choice with a laptop. Perhaps you can find a way to reproduce this problem and hopefully solve it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
