Joseph wrote: >On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 10:03 -0600, Joseph wrote: > > >>I have a BenQ DW1620 DVD/RW drive but DMA is not set, even though it >>support it. When I try to set it using: using_dma -d 1 >>It will not let me. >> >>Was the limit set by the manufacture? >> >>-- >>#Joseph >> >> > >I think the issue might be the driver for BenQ writer units. >Does anybody know what driver should be used with BenQ, if it is >available at all? > > > Hi, First thing to do is to make sure you have support for your mobos' chipset into kernel-config. Then emerge/install hdparm and have a customized '/etc/conf.s/hdparm' file. Ex.(mine): hda_args="-d1 -A1 -m16 -u1 -a64" // this is for my hard disk all_args="-d1" // this is for all other disks - DVD-R and DVD-RW Think i took this mainly from install-guide.2005.0. Don't forget to start "/etc/init.d/hdparm start" as root and if everything is OK, "rc-update add hdparm default" to always have this at boot time. Test with "hdparm -Tt /dev/hdX" X is a,b,c,d (for an IDE-disk) check again "man hdparm" for the options ;) HTH. Rumen
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