begin Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am trying to enable DMA on my burner/cdrom/dvd combo drive. I don't > have a /dev/dvd so I have just been mounting the dvd like so. > mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/dvd > > and I can play DVDs just fine. However, when I do a > /sbin/hdparm -d1 /mnt/dvd/ > > I get the following: > /mnt/dvd/ not supported by hdparm > > How do I get DMA working?
/mnt/dvd isn't a device, it's a directory. hdparm works with devices, not directories. you want to use /dev/cdrom (or whatever it's pointing to). :-) pete -- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi, being prophetic about Linux. Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
