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Re: iBook G4 CDWriter and hdparm



On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:50:47 +0100, Alfonso Aguarón Turrientes
<alfonso.aguaron@hispalinux.es> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> this is my first message on the list so hi to everyone.
> 
> Well this is my problem. I own an iBook G4 with Debian Sid PPC
> installed. Everything is working fine, but recording CDs. I only records
> at 8x speed even when I add "speed=24" at cdrecord options.
> 
> I guess my problem should be solved with hdparm so I have tried to
> enable I/O Support (32 bits), DMA and UDMA66. When I run hdparm like
> this:
> 
> hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -X66 /dev/hdc
> 
> hdparm hangs and so I'm unable to use my cd writer 'til I reboot the
> computer.
> 
> I'm using 2.6.9-powerpc kernel image. Maybe, should I have to compile my
> own kernel with support for any feature? Has anybody had the same
> problem as me?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Alfonso Aguarón Turrientes
> GUSLiBu - Grupo de Usuarios de Software Libre de Burgos
> 
> 

En la seccion ATA ... hay una opcion para compilar el kernel y asi tu
HDD sera 'hda'. No puedo responderte a la pregunta porque aun no prove
hdparm pero con 2.6.x deberias tenerlo asi y quizas sea la clave;
quien sabe ;)

Siento no poder ayudarte mas, saludos.



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