On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:41:13 +0200
Johannes Raspe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JR> > To what? -- I have a rather similar problem on Ubuntu with an
JR> > iBook.
JR> >
JR> > James
JR> >
JR> Hi,
JR>
JR> it seems that issuing a "hdparm -d1 -X udma1" solved my problem. I
JR> think the kernel put the cdrw in udma2 mode, which caused the
JR> erratic behaviour. I made this permanent by editing
JR> "/etc/hdparm.conf" like this:
JR>
JR> /dev/hdc {
JR> � � � � dma = on
JR> � � � � transfer_mode = udma1
JR> }
JR>
JR> Hope this helps.
I think that's done the trick -- I got a CDROM icon in a sane amount of
time and was able to mount, unmount and eject the CD. In fact I think
the icon appeared on the desktop quicker than under OSX:-)
By default DMA was off for the CD.
James
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