[RULE] cdrom mount problem

[Graeme Jones]

Thank you Richard!  I disabled DMA for the cdrom device as you indicated,
and it works fine now -- I can mount the cdrom, and my hard drives are still
configured to use DMA.

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Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [RULE] cdrom mount problem


On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:52:32 +0100
"Ingo Lantschner (Lists)" <ingo.lists at vum.at> wrote:
snip
> Graeme Jones wrote:
>
> > hdc: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM, ..., DMA
> > hdc: DMA interrupt recovery
> > hdc: lost interrupt
> > hdc: lost interrupt
> > hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
> > hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
> > hdc: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting
>
> sounds familar to me, have a look into the vumBOX-handbook
> (http://www.rule-project.org/breve.php3?id_breve=6)
>
> Here is an excerpt:
>
> 11. Troubleshooting&Tipps
> *>>During setup (or during normal use) you have problems writing or
> reading from the harddrive or CD-ROM.
>
> The machine may have proplems with DMA. During startup try to hit
> immediatly when the OS-selection-screen opens Ctrl+x and start Linux
> with the option 'ide=nodma'
> (Type at the prompt: linux ide=nodma )
>
>
>
> *>>My computer can not use DMA on the CD-ROM but the harddrive would
> profit from the performancewin DMA allows. How can I enable DMA on my
> harddisk and disable it on the CD-ROM?
>
> Make sure to start your computer with DMA turned on (do not type linux
> ide=nodma) There are files in /etc/sysconfig which control
> HD-parameters. Provided that your harddisk is hda and the CD-ROM is hdc
> you must do:
>
> # vi /etc/sysconfig/harddiskhda
> add the line: 'USE_DMA=1' and save the file (ESC :wq)
> # vi /etc/sysconfig/harddiskhdc
> add the line: 'USE_DMA=0' and save the file (ESC :wq)
>
> After rebooting the system you can check the DMA-status with
> # /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
>
> Good luck, and let us know if it worked out.
> --
> Ingo Lantschner

I don't know about the original poster but I thank you, Ingo, as I had a
similar need and hadn't known where to put the parameters. Now my system
performs much better.

Richard

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