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From: Matthias Saou <matthias@rpmforge.net>
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Once upon a time, Jesse wrote :

> When I worked as a PC repair tech for a Computer store chain, I did
> run across quite a few DVD drives that would lock up if DMA was
> enabled.  It's more of a chipset/drive problem than a Drive by itself.

Chipset? Let me guess : VIA or SiS? :-))))
OK, so I'll follow Red Hat's choice of leaving the DMA setting alone and
orienting the users to some page explaining how to enable it "at your own
risk" ;-)

Matthias

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