On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 22:02, Matt Pittard wrote: > Ok--I've successfully found the /etc/modules.conf file and have opened > it with gedit under root. I'm just a little curious--do I add both the > lines to the existing file or just the first and then type the second in > a terminal window?
/etc/modules.conf contains parameters for loading modules. You do not
place shell commands there. Thus, you might include ``options ide-cd
dma=1'' in modules.conf, since that is a module parameter. On the other
hand, ``hdparm'' is a command that is to be executed from the shell. You
would put that in a startup script. I don't know about RedHat, but a
startup script in Debian can be created in ``/etc/rc.boot''; the
filename should not have a ``.'' in it, or it will not be executed. You
might create a file named ``turnondvddma'' that has executable
permissions in that directory, and include the lines ``#!/bin/sh'' and
``hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc'', if ``hdc'' is the block device for your
DVD-ROM. Of course, you can always test it by simply running ``hdparm''
from the terminal window beforehand and then playing a DVD to see if it
works, and then you can create the script to make your change permanent.
You can determine which block device is your DVD-ROM by cat'ing
``/proc/ide/hdc/model'' and ``/proc/ide/hdd/model'' respectively
(querying the kernel), and seeing what the output is. For my system, I
get:
# cat /proc/ide/hdc/model
CD-W54E
# cat /proc/ide/hdd/model
MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8586
Which indicates that ``hdc'' is my CD-RW drive and ``hdd'' is my DVD-ROM
drive. Piece of cake, no?
Mike
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