Re: DVD-RAM + Linux?

From: Moritz Franosch (mail_at_Franosch.org)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:07:37 +0200

Lasse Jensen <fafler@linuxmail.org> writes:

> I have a problem with my Toshiba SD-W1101 DVD-RAM drive. Reading CD's,
> DVD's and DVD-RAM disks works fine, but when i write, my system start to
> run encridible slow.

This is a known problem with kernel 2.4, see

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&selm=fa.dqbjqmv.1eh8lob%40ifi.uio.no
http://www.google.com/groups?hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&selm=linux.kernel.20020416165358.E29747%40dualathlon.random

> I didn't have that problem when i used a Panasonic drive

That's strange.

> and top doesn't show any processes hogging the CPU time.

> Debian testing with Linux 2.4.28

Moritz 

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