[OT] DVDRecord & RedHat 7.3 (Valhalla)

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Di, den 17.08.2004 schrieb Thom Paine um 18:03:

> It's an LG drive. HL-DT-ST DVDRam drive.
> 
> > Check for a firmware update for the device. 
> 
> I have the same drive running in my FC2 box that I'm using right now.

And there is no firmware update for the drive?

> > Check how
> > DMA mode is set for the device and change it. 
> 
> How should DMA mode be set? Do I use hdparm to set that? This machine
> still uses LILO as the loader for compatibility with the RAID card
> software.

hdparm /dev/hdX
tells you if DMA is active for the drive
hdparm -d0 /dev/hdX
will switch DMA off

> -=/>Thom

See on

http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/?branch_id=1139&release_id=3731

the comments on this site and how often such errors are reported. You
may try the "original" version by Jörg Schilling.

Alexander


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