On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Anirban Biswas wrote: > Mine HP cd writer is connected as primary master & I my lilo.conf has > following entry > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=linux > root=/dev/hda3 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="quite devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi" > vga=788 > read-only > > So I think setup is told to talk to my HP writer in IDE_SCSI mode. > > But I still get the problem. My system freezs when I generally try to burn a > iso file stored in my hda in to a blank cd.
He he - looks like you are being hit by the DMA issue - many drives (including some HP drives) have an issue with DMA. Try running: hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc before you do a burn. Does the problem go away? Conversely, it may also be that you *need* DMA for other reasons (my DVD drive is a paper-weight unless I turn on DMA). So try this if the above does not work: hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc See if it burns now. Atul -- ------------------------------------------- Atul Chitnis | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exocore Consulting | http://www.exocore.com Bangalore, India | +91 (80) 344-0397 ------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
