On 30/01/07, Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dotan Cohen wrote: > Yummed it in. Turns out that the drive is a TS-L632D. Googling it > leads me to believe that the drive is IDE, so the solutions provided > here do not apply. But why is it mounted as /dev/s*** if it's IDE? I > thought that was reserved for SATA devices. > > How does one enable DMA on an IDE drive, assuming that he knows it's > mounted on /dev/scd0? When the drive is treated as a SATA device I don't think you can get DMA enabled properly. That's what the hdc=noprobe is for, though in your case the hdc part must need adjusted if your drive isn't connected the same way as mine is, for example. The link that Kevin posted to the fedoraforum.org posting is another method that should achieve a similar thing AFAIK. When I installed FC5 on my laptop I messed around with various methods and the noprobe was the simplest one that worked for me. To be sure that you are even having the same problem, does any reading from your dvd drive (data, cd, dvd) cause your system to become sluggish? For me, without the noprobe my mouse pointer will stutter across the screen when I'm reading something from the dvd drive.
No, the machine does not get sluggish. Then again, it's got a DuoCore2 processor and 2GB of RAM, so it'll take quite a bit to make it sluggish. Lets just say that Open Office, not preloaded, opens jsut as fast as the splash screen disappears :) Dotan Cohen http://dotancohen.com/eng/israel_attacks.php http://lahes.com
