Messages in this thread |  | | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: Lockup in IDE code | Date | Sat, 10 Nov 2001 15:22:42 +0200 |
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Mark Zealey - 2001-11-09 12:40:41 PST >Well, obviously your drive or mobo doesn't support DMA. I noticed that all >the other devices (hd[acd]) were in PIO mode, why not try setting dma mode >on one of them. Most CD's I've come across don't do DMA very well, I believe >that the DMA is mostly only useful for DVD's, where you need a high transfer >rate to watch a movie.
He probably doesn't have anything on the primary master and seconday master/slaves. And UDMA has worked very well for most CDROM drives i've come across, but then as always YMMV.
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