Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:22:34 -0500 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: Data corruption reading IDE CD-ROM in 2.2.x |
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On Sun, Jan 09 2000, Kernel List wrote: > > The Red Hat supplied kernel doesn't utilize DMA per default, AFAIK. > > It looks as if you are using DMA with 2.2.14, and that is probably > > what makes the difference. Have you tried switching DMA on or off? > > Did that change anything? > > > I think you will find it is DMA on the samsung, I have a 2304 (I think,
That is possible, although you can't really compare two different models like that.
> its not plugged in at the moment) which always had major corruption > when DMA was enabled. Under windows the CDROM hardly operated at > all when DMA was activated approx 50% of the time the machine > would lock. These problems dont appear to affect my DVD drive > making me thing the cd drive is at fault. It works perfectly > when DMA is disabled though.
I'm not suprised that DMA is buggy on your drive, I've seen it on one too many CD-ROM drives myself.
-- * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer * http://www.kernel.dk
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