[Bug 7861] ide-cd hangs on Asus Pundit-R (hoary)

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------- Additional Comments From piccardi at truelite.it  2005-04-06 16:08 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #8)
> > (In reply to comment #7)
> > > As a test can you try doing the following:
> > >   hdparm -d0 /dev/hdb <-- this should turn off the dma on your cd-rom.
> > 
> > Apparently that results in the kernel first autoloading the ide-cd module,
> which leaves me with the same result, only 
> > that it is now the hdparm command which does not return. Bummer.
> > 
> > David
> 
> I have a similar issue (just the other way around) try to instead enable both
> dma and 32 bit access:
> 
> hdparm -c 1 -d 1 /dev/<your_cd_rmo>
> 
> and boot without media inside the cdrom. This might help.
> 
> Fabio

This worked for me. 
But then I need to put the same line in /etc/hdparm.conf otherwise I got
periodically some timeout on ide, with system hang.
I would be nice have this corrected, because warty and sarge installer are just
working fine.

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