>From RELEASE-NOTES-i386
o DMA is disabled on CD-ROM drives in this release in a different
but more reliable way than previously. If you are sure that your
CD-ROM drive is capable of IDE DMA, place the following line in the
/etc/modules.conf file:
options ide-cd dma=1
On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 18:09, Samuel Monsarrat wrote:
> I am trying to get Ogle working again on RH8.0 and I am up against a
> problem when I try and activate dma on my dvd drive:
>
> [root@touzi root]# hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdb
> /dev/hdb:
> setting using_dma to 1 (on)
> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
> using_dma = 0 (off)
>
> Adding a h /etc/sysconfig/arddiskshdb file does not hep either.
> How can I allow this kind of operation? I do not recall any such problem
> with RH7.3.
> Enabling dma on dvd players is essential for smooth playback (at least
> on Ogle)
> Does anyone have suggestions?
>
> Sam.
>
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