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linux-source-2.6.15 package

  1. Bug #16170
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 16170

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koppor (olly) wrote :

(In reply to comment #10)

> It turns out that I can make the error come and go by editing /etc/hdparm.conf
> and enabling/disabling, respectively, the DMA setting on the second DVD drive
> (/dev/hdd).

Same thing here:

When not initializing the DMA of the CDROM, HAL fails to start if Windows has
been booted before. After a cold-start, it worked.

Now, with disabling DMA it works in both cases.