Re: ide-scsi with more than 1 cdrom

[Ron Flory]

Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > use both ATAPI cdroms at the same times usually results in total
> > system lockup.  My question is this: Even though ATAPI may or may 
> > not support disconnection (ala scsi), should I be able to read from
> > (or write-to) a cdrom while reading from the other, without worrying
> > about the certain crash, reset, and fsck that follows ?
> 
> Yes you should. ATAPI has no disconnect so its slower but it shouldnt
> die.

 Thats what I thought, however I thought I'd raise the issue in case
somebody else has seen it as well.

 I've tried three different cd-readers (noname 24X, 40X and 50X drives),
and the CDRW (HDC) is a HP-7200i.  I'm also using the (in)famous VIA3
chipset.  I had to back-off on some dma settings etc. to keep things
stable on hda/hdb under 2.2.14.

 Thanks-