> At 10:10 15-07-99 +1000, Roddy wrote:
> >
> >Linux roddy 2.2.6 #3 Tue May 4 09:34:17 EST 1999 i686 unknown
> >Debian (potato)
> >
> >I have a bit of a problem. Whenever I rip a cd onto my disk my modem link
> >slows nearly to a halt. I have an IDE HD and CD-ROM and am using
> >cdparanoia but I don't imagine it's a program problem but more a kernel
> >problem. My modem is a 56K and it doesn't _seem_ to effect the network
> >link I have to a second computer in my house (NIC). Using cdparanoia takes
> >up 13% CPU (there abouts).
> >Any suggestions/ideas/comments?
>
> Yes, try unmasking IRQ's on the CD-ROM with hdparm.
>
Interesting, since my machine locks up for up to 10 seconds at a time
during heavy IDE activity, do you think this would help me too? The
manpage mentions that it is "dangerous".
> --
> * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk>
> * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
>
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