You have the ALI V chipset..........
Recompile and do not enable 'CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO' this option.
For drives hda and hdb, ide0=dma through your lilo.conf append line.
ide-scsi with EIDE-CDRW freak with DMA. You get buffer under runs,
and lots of shiney skeet targets...........
This was explained a long time ago, but never documented correctly.
Jens, can you make a note somewhere for me, thanks.
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Jens Axboe wrote:
> "Mike A. Harris" wrote:
> > >> 1root@red:/lib/modules/2.2.0/scsi# mcd
> > >> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sr1 as a block device
> > >> (maybe `insmod driver'?)
> > >> 1 root@red:/lib/modules/2.2.0/scsi#
> > >
> > >/dev/scd0?
> >
> > I've got an HP 7200i CDRW connected to /dev/hdc, and a crappy
> > Toshiba 4x reader on /dev/hdd. I had to use SCSI emulation in
> > 2.0.x to burn disks, and I'm trying to do the same in 2.2.0.
> >
> > In 2.0.x I used /dev/sr[01] to access my cdroms for mounting, and
> > it worked. Should this be changed to scd0? If so, this causes
> > many NUMEROUS initscript changes to be able to dual boot 2.0.x
> > and 2.2.x on the same system.
>
> I'm not even sure that mounting with ide-scsi works in 2.2.
> Gadi, if you're listening, does it?
>
> --
> * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk>
> * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
> * "The only thing that interferes with my
> * learning is my education." -- A. Einstein
Cheers,
Andre Hedrick
The (NEW) Linux IDE guy
The APC UPS Specialist for Linux
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/apcupsd/apcupsd-3.5.2.bin.tar.gz
You just need a bigger hammer, or learn how to swing the one you have better.
(C) me.....
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