[plug] ATAPI CD-ROM read corruption.

[Phillip Summers]

Could it be a cache problem? Try turning the external CPU cache off before
booting Linux.

regards Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Phillips <phillips at central.murdoch.edu.au>
To: PLUG Mailing List <plug at linux.org.au>
Date: Tuesday, 30 March 1999 11:59
Subject: [plug] ATAPI CD-ROM read corruption.


>Anyone know why my IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM would be corrupting data as it is read
from
>the CD?? (Kernel 2.2.5).
>
>I first noticed it when MP3's playing from CD started stuttering and
skipping.
>Further tests revealed it was not a regular error, and that copying files
to a
>HDD and playing showed they were corrupted.
>
>Now, my first thought was dodgy CD Drive (it's a not too old 8x). While
>installing Slink on the weekend, it made a few crunching sounds (JUST as I
was
>thinking what a wonderful trouble-free drive it was. *sigh*), so I thought
it
>must be hardware. However, tests show that it works FINE with no corruption
>under Win98.
>
>Any ideas??
>
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