3 Mar
2007
3 Mar
'07
7:46 p.m.
Michael Klinosky wrote:
Mikkel:
If that is not the problem, you may be able to use hdparm to turn on DMA. (It should have been turned on in the BIOS...)
Are you saying that my problem is more likely that DMA is *off* (and should be on)?
Well, it depends on the drive. Not all optical drives support DMA, but any fairly new drive should. You can use hdparm to see the current settings, check what the drive supports, and to change the current settings. Depending on your BIOS, it may also possible to set DMA support for a specific drive. To get good performance from your drive, you will want DMA turned on.
Mikkel
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