Plextor PX-716A DVD burner and xine

Scot L. Harris webid at cfl.rr.com
Sun Mar 13 00:21:57 UTC 2005


On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 17:25, Tim Fenn wrote:

> take a look at /etc/sysconfig/harddisks, but more importantly
> /etc/rc.sysinit, around lines 850-900.
> 
> I've found if I'm not using a (good) udma cable or one of the devices
> on the cable doesn't support dma, dma is disabled on everything on
> that cable.  If I start forcing settings, Bad Things can happen.

I see in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks where dma is commented out.  Should I
create a harddiskshda file and set that on?

The drives in the system are SATA drives.  Not sure that DMA applies to
those.

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