Re: [expert] Block device not recognised (fwd)
Jens Axboe (axboe@image.dk)
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 01:25:56 +0200
On Sat, Aug 07 1999, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> 2.2.10 seems to be a bit too strict about recognizing CD-ROMS?????
> So far, I've only seen one report on this; can't reproduce it anywhere.
> Maybe someone else?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 19:35:51 +0100
> From: Bob Jiggins <r.jiggins@Bradford.ac.uk>
> Reply-To: expert@linux-mandrake.com
> To: expert@linux-mandrake.com
> Subject: [expert] Block device not recognised
>
> Some may remember the hassle I had getting Mandrake 6 to
> recognise the presence of my cdrom drive.
>
> Despite all the various pieces of advice offered I could not get it to
> work - seems the kernel did simply not regosnise its presence. My
> Redhat5.2 installation on boot prints to screen the manufactures
> name etc of hda, then hdb then hdc - 'CDROM ATAPI' - it says.
I'll assume that it is the ide probing logic that fails to
find the drive? It sounds that way. I have seen this before with
a drive or two, which worked fine in 2.0. As an intermediate
solution add hdc=noprobe hdc=cdrom to lilo.conf as boot
argument.
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* Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk>
* Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
* http://www.kernel.dk
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