Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 9 Jan 2000 18:19:16 -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, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > Yes, switching DMA off for HD (which was hda, CD being hdb) seems to cure > the problem. Thanks a lot. Does this mean I couldn't use DMA at all with > my chipset, or if I move CD on the second IDE it will be OK?
I do see a lot of WD drives om the DMA blacklist, but not yours. Perhaps Andre can expand on this?
> And, certainly, I still wonder why it silently corrupted the data... Do I > have bad hardware or something weird in the kernel?
Judging by WD's track record I wouldn't rule out bad hardware.
-- * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer * http://www.kernel.dk
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