> Which errata is that? I read
> http://support.sgi.com/linux/docs/errata-1.3.html and didn't see
> anything about this.
not sure which errata is was, but I remember handing the text of the bug
and the workaround to our doc people. i guess i should follow up and see
if it actually made it to the online doc.
> > you can check this by doing a:
> >
> > hdparm /dev/cdrom
>
> OK, DMA is on and turning it off fixes the problem. Two questions:
>
> 1. Why does this work with the RH 2.2.14-5.0 kernel and not the
> 2.2.15-3SGI_31 kernel?
this was broke in stock 2.2.15. since we use that as our base kernel, we
picked up that bug.
> 2. Do I need to turn this off using hdparm in one of my startup scripts
> or simply turn it off in the BIOS?
the startup scripts would be an ideal place to do that.
> Thanks for the help,
> Ken
later,
-tduffy
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