Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:16:48 +0100 (BST) From: George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org> To: "Noel V.Balansag" <pongkee@fibertel.com.ar> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: operating mode of cd drive Message-ID: <20010731221310.E58206-100000@sobek.lan> In-Reply-To: <01073114360900.00449@pamilya>
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Noel V.Balansag wrote: > Hello. > > How do I change the operating mode of my CD drive? When I checked "dmesg", it > shows that my cd drive is in "PIO4" mode, but my BIOS says it is "UDMA33". > What do I need to do? My cd drive si ATAPI compatible. Read ata(4) on 4.x; you can use sysctl to change the transfer modes. However, DMA on ATAPI CDROM drives is notoriously unreliable. -- +-------------------+---------------------+ | George Reid | FreeBSD Committer | | +44 7740 197460 | greid@FreeBSD.org | +-------------------+---------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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