I was having a problem with my DVD-ROM, and I've fixed
it by disabling DMA mode for the drive.  Here's the
command I use to disable DMA:

sbin/hdparm -d0 /dev/hdd

How can I make that permanent?  Will doing that cause
me any problems except for (theoretically) reduced
performance?  Does anyone have any idea why DMA would
screw with my drive or how to enable DMA without the
crashes?

The drive is a Torisan 8X in a Dell Inspiron 7500
laptop.

- Grant

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