-- Jack Pistachio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Friday, 14 March 2003, 05:08 AM -0800): > If you don't want to pass these options each time you > reboot (and ide-cd is compiled as a module) add a file > ide-cd to /etc/modutils with the following line: > options ide-cd ignore='hdc hdd' > > Is there any reason to not use scsi emulation for the DVD > too?
Yep. In a word: DMA. I've had problems using DMA in combination with ide-scsi where either the drive fires up to maximum speed and my computer locks up, or it simply doesn't turn on, and playing DVDs becomes intensely choppy. Whether this should be the case is another question entirely. ;-) > --- Olivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting "Conrad Newton" : > > > -- was [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mar 14, 2003 at > > 04:07:18 -- > > > > > Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda6 hdd=ide-scsi ignore=hdd > > > > Maybe you want something like > > root=/dev/hda6 hdd=ide-scsi ignore=hdc ide-cd ignore=hdd > > > > I'm not sure but it seems that your issue comes from the fact that > > modules are loaded in sequence and you don't want one override the > > effect of another since you need both: one for the burner, one for > > the DVD. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://matthew.weierophinney.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
