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Lol! This command will try to change xfer_mode, and not a cdrom spin speed. Removed.
author lumag
date Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:59:13 +0000
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32 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>hdparm -E [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P> 32 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>hdparm -E [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P>
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34 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>setcd -x [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P> 34 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>setcd -x [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P>
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36 <P>You can also try</P> 36 <P>If you have root privileges the following command may also help:</P>
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38 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>echo current_speed:4 &gt; /proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P>
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40 <P>but you will need root privileges. The following command may also help:</P>
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42 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>echo file_readahead:2000000 &gt; /proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P> 38 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>echo file_readahead:2000000 &gt; /proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P>
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44 <P>This sets prefetched file reading to 2MB, which helps with scratched CD-ROMs. 40 <P>This sets prefetched file reading to 2MB, which helps with scratched CD-ROMs.
45 If you set it to too high, the drive will continuously spin up and down, and 41 If you set it to too high, the drive will continuously spin up and down, and