On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:05:14 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote: # ummmmm ... i'm pretty sure that, even though i had hdb=ide-scsi # automatically added to grub.conf, that drive did *not* have DMA # enabled until i did it explicitly. can anyone answer this # definitively? The default is to enable DMA on harddisks, but not on CD-ROM devices. You will have to manually edit either /etc/modules.conf (options ide-cd dma=1) or /etc/sysconfig/harddiskhdX where X is your CD-ROM device, hardiskhdc for /dev/hdc. -- Jesse Keating j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating