[plug] Machine stops for a second - then continues on

[William Kenworthy]

"hdparm -u 1" for unmaskirq (make sure you read man hdparm first)  Also
check cdroms and anything else on an ide interface.

I was using 2.4.22 and now 23 with no problems - had some with older
kernels as you describe.  Fix was dma and unmaskirq - caused a few
coasters when cdburning until fixed.

also check the /proc interface for the drive, to make sure hdparm is
correctly reporting that dma is on

BillK

On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 08:31, Onno Benschop wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 09:33, William Kenworthy wrote:
> > Some earlier 2.4 kernel versions were prone to that, particularly
> > disastrous for cd-burning:
> > 
> > check DMA on HD, CDROM, CDRW
> 
> It was running UDMA2, now it's UDMA5
> 
> 
> > unmarskirq
> 
> Huh?
> 
> 
> > get latest kernel (> 2.4.19+?)
> 
> Running 2.4.20
> 
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> Onno Benschop 
> 
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