OK, but doesn't a CD-ROM have a read-ahead setting?
On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 02:40, pa3gcu wrote: > 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 -- Regards, Bryan Simmons =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Integrity: "I'm going to be as good as they let me and as mean as they make me, and they all know that. I don't ever lie. If I tell you a rooster can fly, get the harness." --Burl Cain, Louisiana State Pen Warden =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - 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
