[OT] DVDRecord & RedHat 7.3 (Valhalla)

[Bob Chiodini]

On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 12:33, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Di, den 17.08.2004 schrieb Thom Paine um 18:03:
> 
> > It's an LG drive. HL-DT-ST DVDRam drive.
> > 
> > > Check for a firmware update for the device. 
> > 
> > I have the same drive running in my FC2 box that I'm using right now.
> 
> And there is no firmware update for the drive?
> 
> > > Check how
> > > DMA mode is set for the device and change it. 
> > 
> > How should DMA mode be set? Do I use hdparm to set that? This machine
> > still uses LILO as the loader for compatibility with the RAID card
> > software.
> 
> hdparm /dev/hdX
> tells you if DMA is active for the drive
> hdparm -d0 /dev/hdX
> will switch DMA off
> 
> > -=/>Thom
> 
> See on
> 
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/?branch_id=1139&release_id=3731
> 
> the comments on this site and how often such errors are reported. You
> may try the "original" version by Jörg Schilling.
> 
> Alexander

Thom,

One other thing is the the drive cables.  Verify that you are using the
80 pin IDE cables, not the 40 pin ones.  I've found that DMA is very
flaky without the 80 pin cables, more grounding/shielding I suspect.

Bob...
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