St�phane Teletch�a wrote: >Le Lundi 3 Juin 2002 10:12, Borsenkow Andrej a �crit : > >>>Le Dimanche 26 Mai 2002 19:15, John Allen a �crit : >>> >>>>John Allen wrote: >>>> >>>>>Diable DMA for the CD-ROM device. >>>>> >>>>>Check your /etc/sysconfig/harddisk* files >>>>> >>>>>St�phane Teletch�a wrote: >>>>> >>>>Of course that should read "Disable DMA" >>>> >>>Thanks for the answer, but there is no DMA enabled in my harddisks >>> >>file, as >> >>>you can see : >>> >>># USE_DMA=1 >>> >>It is most probably enabled by default by kernel. He tried to tell you >>to disable it using these files. >> >>-andrej >> > >You were right ;-)) > >Now, everything works with the bundled 8.2 kernel. > >To remind everyone, now that everything is right : > >My config : >AMD Athlon XP on a MSI K7T-Pro 2 with 256 Mo DDR-SDRam, 30 Go Maxtor, >CD-Writer LG 24/10/40. > >If you use the bundled kernel, you need to turn off DMA by changing in >/etc/sysconfig/harddisks : USE_DMA=1 to Use_DMA=0 (and uncomment the line of >course). > >The same problem appeared with cooker kernels. >I am not sure wether it is related to the kernel, or to the hardware itself, >but it may but a test case for post-install steps to check this parameter. > I'm pretty sure it is related to the hardware, DMA seems to work fine with my LD 12x writer/DVD combo.
>Otherwise, the system cannot access to the cdrom drive, and hangs everything. > > >Thanks a lot for help everyone, i'm not sure this problem will persist for a >long time, but it may be useful to take it into account as my configuration >seems to be quite popular. > >Stef >
