On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 00:13, Simon Bell wrote: > >What alot of people tend to forget is, that because a device runs ok on > >Windows, it doesn't mean it will run ok on Linux (Or any other Unix based > OS > >for that matter). I've known systems running DOS/Windows OS's for years, to > >fail as soon as Xenix was installed on it (Another Unix based OS). And > another > >thing to remember is that most/all the hardware manufacturer's out there > have > >been brain washed into designing their hardware to run on Windows. And in > >some/most cases it does things differently than a Unix based OS. > > > >I have run both Pioneer and Ricoh CD-ROM drives and burners in my systems > with > >Linux (for years now), without a single problem. Here in Australia they are > a > >little more expensive than other brands but at least I know they work > without > >any trouble. > > > >There's another command that can be put into the /etc/modules.conf file to > >turn DMA on/off. But I can't remember what it was (Someone else on this > list > >may be able to shed some light on this). (I don't use that command on this > >system here at the office, but on the one at home I do.) > > > >Wolf > -- > > The odd thing is that this problem did not occur with redhat 8, but has done > with redhat 9 and fedora. > > Simon Since I'm at home now I can suggest trying adding the following in your /etc/modules.conf file. options ide-cd dma=0 That should disable the CD-ROM DMA. Yes, it is odd that this works with one distro version and not another. I guess the kernel has gone through large changes, which affect alot of things in the system. Still they have improved heaps since I first started running RH7.0. Wolf
