On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Jesse Keating wrote:> On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:28:51 +0200
> Matthias Saou  wrote:
> 
> # I've never heard of any CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive having problems with
> # DMA... although there probably is since Red Hat decided to default
> # disabling it a few releases back :-/
> 
> When I worked as a PC repair tech for a Computer store chain, I did
> run across quite a few DVD drives that would lock up if DMA was
> enabled.  It's more of a chipset/drive problem than a Drive by itself.And my IBM Intellistation would lock up instantly .. now this is actually 
quite funny .. if DMA was enabled for the CD-ROM *and* you tried to access 
a CD with Joliet extensions. Otherwise it worked just fine with DMA 
enabled :)-- 
	- Panu -
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