Re: Lockup in IDE code

Richard Gooch (rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca)
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:56:54 -0700


GXavier Bestel writes:
> le ven 09-11-2001 à 03:17, Richard Gooch a écrit :
> > Hi, all. I tried to use my IDE CD-ROM today, the first time in a
> > long while. When attempting to mount it, the machine locked up,
> > hard. Even SysReq didn't work.
>
> Do you have a read error on your CD ?

No. I did mention that when I turned off DMA, it worked fine.

BTW: I've gotten a few "helpful" responses saying "try using hdparm to
turn off DMA". Well, those people obviously hadn't bothered reading
all my message, because I stated that when I disabled DMA with hdparm,
it worked fine.
</grumble>

Regards,

Richard....
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