Re: cdwriter /dev/hdc question

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 06 February 2004 14:06, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Greetings;
>>
>> Running 2.6.2 atm, but for quite a while in the 2.6.x series I've
>> had a line in /var/log/messages immediately after the dmesg dump
>> indicating that dma was being disabled for /dev/hdc.
>
>I think this is bogus, in that it is silently enabled again. Ask
> hdparm!
>
>I thought that message was either going to go away or be paired with
> a similar "I didn't mean it" message if the drive is reenabled, but
> I can't quickly find the discussion.

I did, its off before I turn it back on.  Silly Q:  If there is a 
readable data disk in the drive, would it still shut it off?  I'll 
check that at the next reboot.

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