Re: Unbelievable slow speeds when burning DVDs

[Vasileios Gkanis <gkanis@cems.umn.edu>]

>Is DMA enabled on the burner? hdparm /dev/hd...
Yes DMA is enabled

hdparm /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 multcount    = 16 (on)
 IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
 using_dma    =  1 (on)
 keepsettings =  1 (on)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 geometry     = 16383/255/63, sectors = 80026361856, start = 0

hdparm /dev/hdb

/dev/hdb:
 IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
 using_dma    =  1 (on)
 keepsettings =  1 (on)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument

Vasilis