Subject: Re: Can't get DVD to use DMA
bryan@ak.net
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 00:12:19 AKDT
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 10:27:40PM -0800, Justin Dieters <enderak@gci.net> wrote:
>
> I have two hard drives on the primary controller, and a CD-RW and the
> DVD on my Secondary. I can set DMA for the CD-RW with no problem, but
> when I try to set DMA for the DVD drive, it says "HDIO_SET_DMA failed:
> Operation not permitted". If I query the drive, it says "DMA modes:
> *mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2", and the BIOS says it supports
> UDMA2. If I boot into Windows 98, it says it is using DMA.
The bootup messages reported the DVD as using DMA, and above, the drive
is reporing using mdma0. So, are you wondering how to set it to a
higher DMA mode?
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