[ltp] hdparm & DVD CD-RW

[Tino Keitel]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 21:19:39 +0000, brianweber4 at attbi.com wrote:
> I have a combo DVD/CD-RW.
> 
> In Redhat 9.0 file:/dev I can see: /dev/dvd--->/dev/cdrom--->/dev/scd0
> 
> How can I set up hdparm to emable DMA transfers? I see no other link 
> after /dev/scdo. Do I need to make a link to /dev/hdX? is so how? if not, then 
> what else should I do?

Even if you DVD is driven using ide-scsi, you can still use the
corredponding hdx device node with hdparm. If it does not exist (e.g.
because you are using devfs), you have to create it with mknod. A link
to /dev/scdX will not work.

Regards,
Tino