On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> "Jim P." wrote:
> >
> > I saved and printed your message and the next time I decide to abuse myself
> > with 7.1 I'll give that a try. I have reinstalled 7.0 because I got tired
> > of not having a working cd...
> >
> > Jim
> >
> The information that it works in 7.0 and doesn't in 7.1 is
> suggestive of something else. The creative CDRW 4224 is enabled
> for DMA, and 7.1 would likely use it by default.
If y'all don't mind me buttin in here, I believe the
"suggestive of something else" is correct. I have a Plextor 8432
IDE and had to use the fix at
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/pages/
to get it workin with 7.0. 7.1 set it up automagically, MOF 7.1
setup everything jus' right ;)
>
> Now I do assume you are trying to open a data disk and not an
> audio disk (because the audio disk doesn't use "files" per se)
> and it freezes on you. This suggests it might be overdriven or
> be treated as a HDD.
I've got some data cdr's with 9,000 files (.jpg's) on 'em. They
take a while to come up, but never freeze. An 'ls' at a console
takes just as long as 'kfm', maybe a little longer. Once those
cdr's are 'loaded' tho, file access is almost instant. Winblows is
just the opposite.
>
> I have a Creative CDRW (same model) on my K6-2 500 system and 7.1
> worked the first time, but I did NOT choose during the install to
> enable hard disk optimisations. I later enabled them for the
> hard drive alone using the hdparm command. (and besides man
> hdparm, there is VERY useful discussion of it at
> http://forum.mandrakesoft.com) If you enabled them during the
> 7.1 install, that might be something to back off a notch and see
> what happens.
I didn't enable HDD opt during install either, mainly 'cause I
just plain missed it. I added my usual hdparm lines to rc.local
for the HDD's, but also had to add for my Cdrom and the Plex also.
Both were extremely slow without enabling 32 bit and DMA, now
they're fine again
hdparm -m64 -c1 -u1 -d1 -k1 -a128 /dev/hda <-- IBM dpta
hdparm -m16 -c1 -u1 -d1 -k1 -a128 /dev/hdb <-- WD Caviar
hdparm -c1 -d1 -k1 /dev/hdc <-- Plex cd-rw
hdparm -c1 -d1 -k1 /dev/hdd <-- BCD 40x cd
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~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
