Re: cdrw & PIO4

2004-05-08 Thread Chuck Swiger
anubis wrote: On Sun, 9 May 2004 3:17 am, w sx wrote: [ ... ] Have a look at man ata. Here is the important part ATAPI devices are set to PIO mode by default because severe DMA problems are common even if the device capabilities indicate support. You can always try to set DMA mode on an ATAPI d

Re: cdrw & PIO4

2004-05-08 Thread anubis
On Sun, 9 May 2004 3:17 am, w sx wrote: > Thank you! I used atacontrol to set it until I > rebooted... and after a reboot.. its detected > correctly. > > --- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > w sx wrote: > > > Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW > > > > drive > > > > > set to UD

Re: cdrw & PIO4

2004-05-08 Thread Andreas Davour
On Sat, 8 May 2004, w sx wrote: > Thanks you - Worked great! Glad I could be of help. Happy hacking! /Andreas === Emacs = mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift' ...

Re: cdrw & PIO4

2004-05-08 Thread w sx
Thank you! I used atacontrol to set it until I rebooted... and after a reboot.. its detected correctly. --- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > w sx wrote: > > Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW > drive > > set to UDMA mode? > > Add the following to your /boot/loader.conf: > > h

Re: cdrw & PIO4

2004-05-08 Thread w sx
Thanks you - Worked great! --- Andreas Davour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 8 May 2004, w sx wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a CDRW drive which is detected by the BIOS > as > > UDMA2, but when FreeBSD boots it gets set to PIO4. > > > > Im using FreeBSD 4.7. Its attached using a ATA133 > >

Re: cdrw & PIO4

2004-05-08 Thread Chuck Swiger
w sx wrote: Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW drive set to UDMA mode? Add the following to your /boot/loader.conf: hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" ...and reboot. You might also be able to use "atacontrol". -- -Chuck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list ht

cdrw & PIO4

2004-05-08 Thread w sx
Hi, I have a CDRW drive which is detected by the BIOS as UDMA2, but when FreeBSD boots it gets set to PIO4. Im using FreeBSD 4.7. Its attached using a ATA133 compat cable, and its the only device on that controller. Does anyone have any tips on getting the CDRW drive set to UDMA mode? Please em