Mr. X wrote:
>
> --- On Sat, 1/2/10, Robert<kerplop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Robert<kerplop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Setting CDROM parms
>> To: "CentOS mailing list"<centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 6:23 PM
>> My apologies in advance for asking
>> such an elementary question. I
>> called myself searching the Installation Guide and
>> Deployment Guide,
>> with no success.
>> The situation is that I bought a Lite-On ATAPI iHAP122 that
>> will not
>> burn DVDs unless I use hdparm to turn dma off. I bought
>> that drive
>> because it was a rare beige drive. Until I can find a
>> decent DVD burner
>> and/or get a Windows machine put together strictly for
>> doing BIOS
>> updates, running with dma disabled seems to be the best
>> solution.
>> (hdparm -d0 /dev/hdb )
>> So, my question is, where should I script the command
>> without having to
>> become root each time I wat to burn a DVD?
>>
>>
> Robert,
>
> The -k flag to hdparm allows you to persist your settings across a reset.
>
I'll try that.
> Did you try to elevate the dma to the highest supported by the device?
>
Actually, I didn't try very much at all with hdparm because of all the
"caution", "warning", "dangerous", etc.
> --------------------- info ------------
> sudo hdparm -I /dev/cdrom
>
> /dev/cdrom:
>
> ATAPI CD-ROM, with removable media
> Model Number: Slimtype DVDRW SOSW-852S
> Serial Number:
> Firmware Revision: PSU2
> Standards:
> Supported: CD-ROM ATAPI-2
> Configuration:
> DRQ response: 50us.
> Packet size: 12 bytes
> Capabilities:
> LBA, IORDY(cannot be disabled)
> DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2
> Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
> PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> Cycle time: no flow control=227ns IORDY flow control=120ns
> --------------- end snip --------------
>
Mine looks like this:
hdparm -I /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
ATAPI CD-ROM, with removable media
Model Number: ATAPI iHAP122 8
Serial Number:
Firmware Revision: UL05
Standards:
Likely used CD-ROM ATAPI-1
Configuration:
DRQ response: 50us.
Packet size: 12 bytes
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(cannot be disabled)
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns
> On Centos, you can run k3b to handle burning easily.
Yes, I usually use k3b; chose cli for this plea for help because the
command and error output appear in one convenient wad.
> The only caveat is
> sometimes on KDE installs you will have the hdc unavailable for exclusive access. You can fix that by
> $sudo killall kio_audiocd
>
> see http://bugs.kde.org/135669
>
> One more thing. If you want to demo the Knoppix 6, save burning the DVD and boot the ISO directly with qemu-kvm or qemu with kqemu.
>
>
>> sudo qemu -kernel-kqemu -cdrom KNOPPIX_V6.0.1CD-2009-02-08-EN.iso -m 384 -usb -boot d -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user&
>>
> put the above on one line. You need 2 packages to run qemu in this fast mode.
>
> $ rpm -qa | grep qemu
> dkms-kqemu-1.4.0-0.1.pre1.nodist.rf
> qemu-0.10.5-1.el5.rf
>
Good info. As far as KNOPPIX in my example, the name kinda leaped out at me:
[rj@madeleine tmp]$ find /home/rj -depth -type f -size +3G -name "*.iso"
/home/rj/KNOPPIX_V6.2DVD-2009-11-18-EN.iso
[rj@madeleine tmp]$
Thanks for the pointers!
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