Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:38:31 -0500 (EST) | From | Matthew Hunter <> | Subject | Re: IDE tape and SMP |
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> I had expected that it would behave like a passive CD-ROM drive > when/until I work out some way to use it. Indeed it does -- to a point.
I have an IDE-ATAPI CDR as well -- no problems using it as a regular CD. I haven't messed with writing to it yet. SMP system (dual 400mhz pIIs), so I doubt that's an issue.
> Is anyone using an IDE-ATAPI CD writer in a linux system? Does anyone > know whether there is anything that would be "unsafe" about them if used > just as a CD drive? Is anyone planning to add IDE-CDR to the kernel? > Does anyone (on kernel or SMP lists) have experience with sudden reboots > and can they suggest a possible cause or fix?
The only "sudden reboots" I've had with recent dev kernels were UDMA related; turn DMA to my HD off with hdparm and the reboots go away. Haven't had trouble with the CD drive, though.
-- Matthew Hunter (mhunter@andrew.cmu.edu)
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