[olug] cdrom

Brian Roberson brian at bstc.net
Sat Mar 24 04:18:48 UTC 2001


run "dmesg | more" and tell us where you are seeing the initialization of
your cdrom, or just send the complete output of "dmesg" to the list.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Lassek" <alassek at techie.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [olug] cdrom


> The exact error I get from mount is that /dev/hdc isn't a valid block
> device. When I page through dmesg's output, I see that the kernel says it
> doesn't have a driver. The drive works fine in Windows, so I didn't do
> something stupid. Also, I have another cd drive, a cd-r, on the same ide
bus
> at /dev/hdd and it works fine. So it's not a controller issue. I'm really
> stumped here; what drivers do you load for an IDE atapi cdrom?
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Dave Burchell <burchell at inetnebr.com>
> To: olug at bstc.net
> Sent: March 21, 2001 12:41:55 AM GMT
> Subject: Re: [olug] cdrom
>
>
> Tell us more.  What is the exact error you get from "mount"?  Did you
> change anything at all about your software?  Is it a SCSI or an IDE
> CDROM drive?  What color is the faceplate? :-)
>
> When installing/configuring PC hardware, I will typically do something
> oafish, such as plugging a cable in backwards or improperly setting the
> SCSI id or IDE master/slave jumpers.  Check those common mistakes.  If
> it is an IDE CDROM drive: did you plug the devices in to the same IDE
> headers as before?  (That is, primary and secondary, master and slave.)
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:03:11PM -0600, Adam Lassek wrote:
> > I recently swapped out my mainboard, which Linux didn't even appear to
> > notice (Win2K on the other hand...), but now my primary cdrom doesn't
> > mount. It tells me that it doesn't have a driver loaded. I put the
> > original back in, but it still does the same thing. It's just a standard
> > atapi cdrom. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
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