On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 10:59, Atul Chitnis wrote: > 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
but his hdc isn't hdc any more. it has probably become scd0 or something, and hdparm doesn't work with scsi (emulated or not) drives. - t. -- cogito, ergo es. -- 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
