[plug] hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc

[indy at THE-TECH.MIT.EDU]

Dodgy cables can be an issue too...

Indy.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:24:07PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> >  I am having some trouble with dvd players, xine and videolan.
> > Both advise turning on DMA  on the dvd device but when I try to do
> > that I get
> > [root at rubber]# /sbin/hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc
> > /dev/hdc:
> >  setting using_dma to 1 (on)
> >  HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
> >  using_dma    =  0 (off)
> 
> Possibilities include: your chipset doesn't support it, or your kernel 
> doesn't support DMA on your chipset.
> 
> Craig Ringer

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