Todd Zullinger: >> I believe not having DMA enabled on the dvd drive can cause this. On >> my Dell I have hdc=noprobe in the kernel parameters in grub.conf. >> That seems to be enough to keep the drive working nicely. Dotan Cohen: > No, still choppy. Unless I added it wrong: Obvious question: Is /dev/hdc your DVD ROM-drive? -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.