On 01 Aug 2003 11:04:04 -0700 Jeremy Brooks wrote: > Hi, > I'm using debian testing, on an IBM thinkpad A31. I am attempting to > copy large (>600MB) files from CD to my HD. I am getting i/o errors: > > cp: reading `/cdrom/The Fifth Element.avi': Input/output error I used to get this when I was using dma on my cd reader. Went away when I turned dma off (hdparm -d 0 /dev/hdc). -- Carlos Sousa http://vbc.dyndns.org/