On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 21:25, Stephen Armstrong wrote: > I'm trying to enable DMA (for hdc) using hdparm as > root but when I tried hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc I get the > error: hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc not permitted Check the bios options for the mode your cd/dvd player is set for. I have a mother board that this had to be set correctly to allow hdparm to set the DMA mode. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx hardware stress fractures
