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When you used the hdparm command did you access the device by its IDE name? Should be /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd. If you try /dev/dvd that's probably a symlink to /dev/sr0 and that will throw an error on bootup. You should be able to check /var/log/messages to see if that happened. On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 06:51, John Pettigrew wrote:
In a previous message, Rob Benton wrote:
Turning on DMA using hdparm worked for me and I run a 1.2 T-bird with a Radeon LE. What method did you use to try turning on DMA?
When I set DMA on using hdparm, the drive was still under scsi emulation and it crashed the computer totally (BIOS lockup, keyboard lights blinking). So, I changed it to IDE and set DMA on using YaST's DMA tool. The drive now allows access, but I stil get choppy DVD playback.
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