Quote Originally Posted by Chintue
Hi! I hate to be a grump, but this is in no way a bad burn. What I didn't realize until about 2 hours ago was that DMA was turned OFF by default. I turned it on and did not get the hdc- ide: device not ready message. (Which would propogate itself for about 5 minutes before indicated kernel panic.) " knoppix dma " did it just fine. Is it just me, or do many problems get lumped into "bad burning"?
Yup. Pretty much. Especially when there's very little other information to go on. Not that it's the right answer in every case. But rather it's the most likely source, is simple to fix, and is the easiest to rule out. If after checking the ISO and burning slowing, then it becomes more likely that the something else might be the problem. In my experience, turning DMA on has caused a problem and the solution was to turn DMA off. This is the first time that I've heard where the results were reversed.

Admittedly, turning DMA on would have been way down on my list of things to try. What made you think of turning it on?

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- Robert
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