On Wednesday 23 October 2002 21:51, Bryan Simmons wrote: > Perhaps dma wasn't the problem. Here's the output when I execute hdparm > on /dev/hdc (my CD-RW): > > /dev/hdc: > HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Input/output error > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > unmaskirq = 1 (on) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > BLKRAGET failed: Input/output error > HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument > > When I try to retrieve the read-ahead setting: hdparm -a /dev/hdc I get: > > /dev/hdc: > BLKRAGET failed: Input/output error
There are some settings which do not apply to cdroms, one of which is BLRAGET, the other shown above is geometry settings of which a cdrom has not, so that will fail as well. -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
