slow FC4 to FC5 upgrade

[Jim Cornette]

Tim wrote:
> Tim:
>>> I am curious as to why DMA might foul up mediacheck or installations,
>>> but be okay once you have an installed system? 
> 
> Paul Howarth:
>> The kernel code for detecting the end of the data on an IDE CD doesn't
>> work reliably when DMA is on.
> 
> Hmm, sounds like something that ought to be fixed, rather than worked
> around.  Surely it's possible?
> 

Talk to the kernel maintainer who is responsible for the code.

Jim

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