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

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------- Additional Comments From fabbione at ubuntu.com  2005-03-23 07:17 UTC -------
(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

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