Douglas Gilbert wrote: > Chuck Lidderdale wrote: > >> I'm running RH kern 2.4.9-13 >> my cdrecord is 1.10.14 >> >> When I run cdrecord speed=6 -dao -eject dev=0,0,0 [ filename ] >> >> It starts fine, sees the drive, talks to the drive, counts down to 0, >> says somthing about wrong sec - 0 using 150, blinks the light >> a couple of times and then my computer locks up - no mouse, >> no keyboard, can't telnet from another box - as if cdrecord has >> found the HLT instruction. > > > > > Chuck, > It is difficult to help when you give so little information. > Lets assume you have an IDE ATAPI cdwriter connected to /dev/hdd > In this case it may be worth turning off (or reducing) the DMA > with either one of these 2 commands: > hdparm -d0 -c1 /dev/hdd > hdparm -d 1 -X 34 /dev/hdd
I attempted this same solution upon your request before, but since the IDE drive is seen as a scsi drive , the comand returns: /dev/hdd: No such device or address Suggestions? > > Alternatively if it is a Yamaha SCSI cdwriter, find the "magicdev" > program and kill it (the permanent solution is "rpm -e magicdev"). > > Doug Gilbert > > > > > > -- Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users that are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available." - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research - http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
