On Tuesday October 1 2002 08:59 pm, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> On Monday 30 Sep 2002 10:44 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > (my ide burner which has scsi emulation and is dev/scd0 or hdd, dma
> > enabled)
> > tom# hdparm -t /dev/scd0
> > /dev/scd0 not supported by hdparm
> > tom# hdparm -t /dev/hdd
> >
> > t
On Monday 30 September 2002 12:14 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > > > Your comments bring up a question...
> > > >
> > > > In Windows, enabling DMA for CD-ROMs (and it variants) is
> > > > considered a 'no-no' and will cause problems most every time.
> > >
> > > really? my DVD wants DMA to work at al
On Monday September 30 2002 11:19 am, s wrote:
> On Monday 30 September 2002 09:55 am, et wrote:
> > On Monday 30 September 2002 10:26 am, you wrote:
> > > Tom,
> > >
> > > Your comments bring up a question...
> > >
> > > In Windows, enabling DMA for CD-ROMs (and it variants) is
> > > considered a
Thanks Tom!
You answered my questions. Thanks!
Please see my other post as to what some of my machines are doing. As
for your comment on never having a problem with using DMA access on
CD-ROMs before, under any version of Windows, I have to wonder how I
could have been working with the wrong
et wrote:
> really? my DVD wants DMA to work at all in winders
> cause it is much faster
>
Yes, *really*. :-)
How about some real life examples?
Machine #1: XP Pro
2nd IDE Channel - Primary - Liteon DVD-ROM LTD163
Secondary - Philips PCRW404 (32/16X/4X)
XP auto
On Monday September 30 2002 09:26 am, Technoslick wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Your comments bring up a question...
>
> In Windows, enabling DMA for CD-ROMs (and it variants) is considered
> a 'no-no' and will cause problems most every time. In many cases,
> Windows will automatically deactivate it if you se
On Monday 30 September 2002 09:55 am, et wrote:
> On Monday 30 September 2002 10:26 am, you wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
> > Your comments bring up a question...
> >
> > In Windows, enabling DMA for CD-ROMs (and it variants) is
> > considered a 'no-no' and will cause problems most every time.
>
> really? m
Should hdparm be run for a cdrom device say /dev/hdd after it is mounted?
I have HP 9100c cd writer.
Enabling dma for it is worthwhile or not?
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