On Monday 04 November 2002 18:53, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Monday November 4 2002 11:08 am, Miark wrote: > > Wooky, > > > > MDK 9.0 turns DMA -off- for CD and DVDs by default. Go to the command > > line as root, and type "hdparm -d1 /dev/hdx" where x represents your > > DVD drive. (Use the hdx notation, even if you use scsi emulation). > > Your DVDs will now play as they did in 8.2. > > > > To make the change permanent, add it to /etc/rc.d/rc.local and you'll > > be good to go. I learned this on the expert list last night. > > > > Miark > > That'll work, but a better way is to (as root): > 'cd /etc/sysconfig' > (edit 'harddisks', and remove the # in front of 'USE_DMA=1') > 'cp harddisks harddiskhd?' > > where ? is the drive letter for CDrom and/or CD-RW drives, EG > 'cp harddisks harddiskhdc' > 'cp harddisks harddiskhdd'
strange.....my Mandrake9.0 has DMA turned on all over, at least that's what gpowertweak tells me. Beside that /etc/sysconfig/harddisks doesn't exist on my box here. Could it be 'cause I upgraded from my 8.2 or do we have different 9.0's?? Good luck, Harm
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