On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 04:48, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> 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 :)Odd. Did I certify that one? What's the 7-digit IBM model number, and
which version of Red Hat were you running?-- 
Chris Kloiber
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