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Re: Installer uses dma for cd-rom?

From: Alan Cox <alan redhat com>
To: fedora-test-list redhat com
Subject: Re: Installer uses dma for cd-rom?
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:09:27 -0400 (EDT)

> This kind of thing makes me wonder how Windows and OS/2 manage to
> install... is there a huge list in the installer of known broken hardware?

Most MS OS's disable DMA on CD-ROM but not CD-R/DVD devices. Later ones
seem to be using a precise blacklist

References:
- Re: Installer uses dma for cd-rom?
  - From: Noah Silva [Mailing list]

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