Dma on dvd-writer

[lithorus]

Corey Burger Wrote: 
> Even the much vaunted windows rarely enables DMA by default.
> 
> Corey
> 
> On Apr 9, 2005 9:12 AM, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 06:02:50PM +0200, M.Ali Hussain wrote:
> > 
> > > why is not dma on by default in hoary with the new 16x dvd writer ?
> > 
> > Because it causes many CD/DVD devices to fail to function, or even
> crash 
> > the
> > system, if it is enabled unconditionally, and we currently have no
> means 
> > to
> > determine whether it is safe to enable in a particular circumstance.
> > 
> > https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3672
> > 
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> > - mdz
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Try with "hdparm -I /dev/hda" instead.


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