help with DMA in CentOS 4.x
on my media box i moved from Debian to CentOS 4 for several reasons, but once again i am plagued with the lack of DMA on that system. it seems that even more modern distros do not like the chipset on that motherboard.
it has some kind of intel (want to say 810, but not 100%, thus this thread) chipset and i need some help with a few things. 1. how do i get the information to help you help me. 2. once i have that information, how do i modify the kernel so that it will load the proper module so i can gain access to the DMA again. Code:
uname -a Code:
cat /proc/ide/hda/settings Code:
hdparm -i /dev/hda Code:
hdparm -d1 /media/cdrom many thanks. |
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su |
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Sounds like a hardware support problem. Try googling with the model number of that DVD drive and that error message or the model number and 'linux'. Also look at the hardware forum on this site.
What model number is it BTW? |
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its some generic DVD player i pulled out of an older Compaq. how would i go about finding out what make/modle it is? [edit to add] forgot to add it did work when i was running Debian on that system. So it "should" work. |
It might be a bit of a PITA but if you could install Debian on another drive or partition on that machine and see what kernel version it is and what modules are used. Or maybe try something like the Knoppix LiveCD and see if that can work the DVD drive properly and what kernel version and modules it uses.
Have you got all the updates to Centos 4 BTW? Redhat often includes driver updates in their updates for RHEL. |
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