Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: cdwriter /dev/hdc question | Date | Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:01:07 -0500 |
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On Friday 06 February 2004 14:06, Bill Davidsen wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> Greetings; >> >> Running 2.6.2 atm, but for quite a while in the 2.6.x series I've >> had a line in /var/log/messages immediately after the dmesg dump >> indicating that dma was being disabled for /dev/hdc. > >I think this is bogus, in that it is silently enabled again. Ask > hdparm! > >I thought that message was either going to go away or be paired with > a similar "I didn't mean it" message if the drive is reenabled, but > I can't quickly find the discussion.
I did, its off before I turn it back on. Silly Q: If there is a readable data disk in the drive, would it still shut it off? I'll check that at the next reboot.
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