From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bryan Simmons Subject: Re: CD-ROM settings and hardware resources... Date: 20 Oct 2002 01:58:23 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1035093515.26224.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1034969037.26230.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <5.1.0.14.1.20021019160457.024730b0@celine> <1035092798.26224.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-ZCuk1D5fuaOubfMgNzAg" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1035092798.26224.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: To: linux-newbie --=-ZCuk1D5fuaOubfMgNzAg Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Another problem, hdparm when run as root like this: hdparm -ab /dev/scd0 or hdparm -ab /dev/cdrom Gives me the error message: /dev/cdrom[scd0] not supported by hdparm Does this mean that I have the name of the device wrong or that hdparm won't parlais with my hardware? On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 01:46, Bryan Simmons wrote: > Sorry to all for not being more descriptive. Here are my specs as far > as I can tell: > 1. Kernel: 2.4.19mdk (Mandrake 9.0) > 2. CD-RW: HP CD-Writer+ 9100 (ATAPI) > ,fs=3Dauto,ro,--,iocharset=3Diso8859-1,codepage=3D850,umask=3D0 >=20 >=20 > The CDs I'm trying to read were made in Windows (98, 2000, XP) with this > very same drive about a year ago. They all contain home-made movies > that I created in XP. The range in sizes is 9MB to 200MB. Now, I have > never been able to play any of them directly off of the disk in Windows, > but I have always been able to transfer them from CD to hard disk. My > problem in Linux is that the drive "stalls" during a copy or a read of > the media during playback in xine or kaboodle or xmovie, etc... It > would play the first 30 seconds of the film and then stall out. The > media program freezes and the drive is locked until I kill the processes > accessing it. The same is true when I attempt a copy from CD to hard > drive in Konqueror. The copy window says it transfered 4MB and then the > drive status windows says "stalled" and that's as far as I can get. >=20 > I figure there is a setting in some config somewhere that will get me > better performance when dealing with CD-R media. I thought that there > might be a parallel between the "read ahead" setting in the driver under > Linux as well as Windoze. >=20 > BTW, I'm NOT pro-Windoze. I'm trying to set all this up under Linux so > that I never have to use MS software again. >=20 > Oh, I'm also looking to upgrade my system considerably. Right now I'm > running an old AMD Athlon 650Mhz with a 9GB and 20GB two-drive setup. I > want something fast and cheap that is Linux approved or Linux friendly. > Does anyone know of a web storefront that sells such hardware or will I > have to simply shop with a list of known compatible hardware? >=20 > Thanks in advance guys! >=20 > On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 19:09, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > I meant to reply earlier but it slipped my mind. > >=20 > > First, it would help to be a bit more descriptive than just to say "has= =20 > > trouble reading large files". What sorts of files? What sort of trouble= ?=20 > > What application software is involved? > >=20 > > Without that detail, here is just a guess ... under Linux, DMA is not=20 > > enabled on the drive (I'm assuming here that this is an ATAPI drive,=20 > > another detail you omitted). You can check this (and if need be correct= it)=20 > > with "hdparm" ... the man page will give you the details. > >=20 > > [...] > > >On 18 Oct 2002, Bryan Simmons wrote: > > > > I've noticed that my HP CD-Writer 9100+ has trouble reading large f= iles > > > > off of a burn under Mandrake 9.0. This problem doesn't occur in > > > > Windows. I think it may be the read-ahead setting. Does anyone kn= ow > > > > anything about this? > > [...] > >=20 > > -- > > -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---= ----- > > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > > Palo Alto, California, USA ray@comarre.com > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------- > >=20 > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > --=20 > Regards, >=20 > Bryan Simmons=20 > =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D=20 > UFO's are real. The Air Force is a hoax. > =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D=20 --=20 Regards, Bryan Simmons=20 =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D=20 UFO's are real. 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