On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:25:08 +0100 "Steve Maund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I am very much a newbie to Linux so this has probably been asked many times. > > I have just installed Redhat ES on my IBM Netfinity 550 machine. All seemed to > install OK and everything seems to work except the CD drive > At the moment it mounts the CD the machine hangs. Even the eject button on the CD > does not work. I have to power the machine off with the power button. > > There is an entry in the /dev directory as follows:- > cdrom -> /dev/hda > > All hard drive partitions point to /dev/sda > > Has anyone out there in Linux land installed on a Netfinity box and/or had a similar > problem. > Hey Steve, Never had that particular problem on a Netfinity box but here is a boldfaced guess at a workaround that you can try while you wait for someone with a real answer, try: hdparm -d0 /dev/hda to disable DMA before you mount the cdrom. Good luck, Sean -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
