[plug] massive CPU activity on CD writing, cdda rips, etc

[Cameron Patrick]

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:34:22AM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
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| hdparm -d /dev/hdc	
| /dev/hdc: No such file or directory
| hdparm -d /dev/sr0
| /dev/sr0 not supported by hdparm
| 

That's a devfs ... feature :)  You can try to get around it like this:

	mknod /tmp/hdc b 22 0 --mode=600
	hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc
	rm -f /tmp/hdc

CP.