Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 19:54:26 +0000 (GMT) | From | Aaron Lehmann <> | Subject | Re: CD-ROM + Modem = errrr... |
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Jens Axboe wrote:
> At 10:10 15-07-99 +1000, Roddy wrote: > > > >Linux roddy 2.2.6 #3 Tue May 4 09:34:17 EST 1999 i686 unknown > >Debian (potato) > > > >I have a bit of a problem. Whenever I rip a cd onto my disk my modem link > >slows nearly to a halt. I have an IDE HD and CD-ROM and am using > >cdparanoia but I don't imagine it's a program problem but more a kernel > >problem. My modem is a 56K and it doesn't _seem_ to effect the network > >link I have to a second computer in my house (NIC). Using cdparanoia takes > >up 13% CPU (there abouts). > >Any suggestions/ideas/comments? > > Yes, try unmasking IRQ's on the CD-ROM with hdparm. >
Interesting, since my machine locks up for up to 10 seconds at a time during heavy IDE activity, do you think this would help me too? The manpage mentions that it is "dangerous".
> -- > * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> > * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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