Hi Matt, Am Samstag, 30. August 2003 22:23 schrieb Matt Garman:
[...] > However, using the tools cdparanoia and cdrdao cause the non-DMA > behavior, i.e. CPU usage goes through the roof, the process takes > forever, typing lags, the mouse is jumpy, etc. Also, when the > process is done, hdparm shows that DMA has been turned off for that > drive! > > Does anyone know why DMA mode is forced off for these tools? This is one of the main problems of the ide-part in the kernel. IIRC, the ide-modules cannot handle a sectorsize mod 512 != 0 with dma (correct me...). So this is not a problem of cdrecord or cdparanoia. Try to copy a data-cd with cdparanoia, this should work with dma enabled. If not, try to force a slower dma-mode with hdparm -X. Kai -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
