cdrw PIO4
Hi, I have a CDRW drive which is detected by the BIOS as UDMA2, but when FreeBSD boots it gets set to PIO4. Im using FreeBSD 4.7. Its attached using a ATA133 compat cable, and its the only device on that controller. Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW drive set to UDMA mode? Please email me personally, since Im not subscribed to the list. Thanks. __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrw PIO4
w sx wrote: Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW drive set to UDMA mode? Add the following to your /boot/loader.conf: hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 ...and reboot. You might also be able to use atacontrol. -- -Chuck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrw PIO4
Thanks you - Worked great! --- Andreas Davour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 8 May 2004, w sx wrote: Hi, I have a CDRW drive which is detected by the BIOS as UDMA2, but when FreeBSD boots it gets set to PIO4. Im using FreeBSD 4.7. Its attached using a ATA133 compat cable, and its the only device on that controller. Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW drive set to UDMA mode? Please email me personally, since Im not subscribed to the list. As root try: # atacontrol mode 0 UDMA33 for setting the disk 0 to UDMA33 mode. Try 'list' instead of 'mode' to see what disks you have. Hope that helps. /andreas === Emacs = mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift' ... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git.' === __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrw PIO4
Thank you! I used atacontrol to set it until I rebooted... and after a reboot.. its detected correctly. --- Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: w sx wrote: Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW drive set to UDMA mode? Add the following to your /boot/loader.conf: hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 ...and reboot. You might also be able to use atacontrol. -- -Chuck __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrw PIO4
On Sat, 8 May 2004, w sx wrote: Thanks you - Worked great! Glad I could be of help. Happy hacking! /Andreas === Emacs = mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift' ... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git.' === ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrw PIO4
On Sun, 9 May 2004 3:17 am, w sx wrote: Thank you! I used atacontrol to set it until I rebooted... and after a reboot.. its detected correctly. --- Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: w sx wrote: Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW drive set to UDMA mode? Add the following to your /boot/loader.conf: hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 ...and reboot. You might also be able to use atacontrol. -- -Chuck __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a look at man ata. Here is the important part ATAPI devices are set to PIO mode by default because severe DMA problems are common even if the device capabilities indicate support. You can always try to set DMA mode on an ATAPI device using atacontrol(8), but be aware that your hardware might not support it and can potentially hang the entire system causing data loss. Just incase you start having problems. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrw PIO4
anubis wrote: On Sun, 9 May 2004 3:17 am, w sx wrote: [ ... ] Have a look at man ata. Here is the important part ATAPI devices are set to PIO mode by default because severe DMA problems are common even if the device capabilities indicate support. You can always try to set DMA mode on an ATAPI device using atacontrol(8), but be aware that your hardware might not support it and can potentially hang the entire system causing data loss. While this advice was reasonable some years ago-- and to the extent that broken ATA hardware still exists may still be relevant now-- but please note that the Original Poster is trying to use a CD/RW burner. :-) It doesn't matter too much if you happen to read a CD slowly, but one ought to use DMA rather than PIO when burning CDs or DVDs. -- -Chuck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
