help! how do you change the default cdrom speed

hughes28105 · 05-10-2007, 03:54 PM

I have an hp dv6110us and the cdrom speed up to 56x and would like to set the default to 10x or 5x. because everytime i try to read or write a cd the drive start to hum or make a loud nose for entire time. I have tryed hdparm -E10 /dev/cdrom but that only work untile you eject the drive then it set it back to the default which is 56x. is there anyway to set the default speed to 10x in linux.

Alien_Hominid · 05-10-2007, 05:20 PM

If you use some automounting utility, maybe you can search for its config file where it executes mount and add hdparm control after that.

hughes28105 · 05-10-2007, 06:42 PM

hay found a way to make it permanit

run this commands
sudo hdparm -E 15 /dev/cdrom
or
setcd -x 15 /dev/cdrom
this sets the speed to 15x

sudo hdparm -k 1 /dev/cdrom
which will set the keep_settings to 1 (on)
and keepsettings = 1 (on)

this will keep the setting even after unmount and mount new cd's

i belive this work but if there is a better way please tell me