<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV>Thanks for replying!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Forgot to mention, both CD drives were properly on windows 2K (dual boot), no idea why Linux should find a fault in one CDROM...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT size=1> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=1> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Black Chancery" size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Black Chancery" size=2>amar</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Black Chancery" size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">For users of Fedora Core releases</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 04/27/04 16:19:10</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">For users of Fedora Core releases</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: 1 of 2 CDROM freezes</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 07:41, Amar Kumar Padhi wrote:</DIV> <DIV>> Hi,</DIV> <DIV>> I have got two CDROM drives on my PC (99 make, P2, 512MB, dualboot-</DIV> <DIV>> win2k/fedora core1). CDROM1 (read/write) gets recognized but CDROM (read</DIV> <DIV>> only) just hangs on being accessed.</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM (hangs!)</DIV> <DIV>> Samsung CD-R/RW SW-224B. (ok!)</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> One gets recognized as SCSI drive (samsung, about 2 years old) and is</DIV> <DIV>> operational.The other drive gets recignized as IDE (ATAPI, about 5 years</DIV> <DIV>> old). Anything I try simply does not work. The system just hangs and I need</DIV> <DIV>> to restart. Even saying "eject cdrom" hangs the system.</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> When I boot with GNOME, it just hangs in the startup screen (on the CDROM</DIV> <DIV>> icon). KDE allowed me to get in and check out the drives from the shell. I</DIV> <DIV>> am lost as to what needs to be done next. Any help would be great guys!</DIV> <DIV>> Thanks!</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> from dmesg:</DIV> <DIV>> hdb: ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive</DIV> <DIV>> blk: queuec040cfc0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0Xffffffff)</DIV> <DIV>> hdb: Disabling (U)DMA for ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE.</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> from /etc/fstab:</DIV> <DIV>> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0</DIV> <DIV>> /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> from /etc/sysconfig/hwconf:</DIV> <DIV>> class: CDROM</DIV> <DIV>> bus: IDE</DIV> <DIV>> detached: 0</DIV> <DIV>> device: hdb</DIV> <DIV>> driver: ignore</DIV> <DIV>> desc: "ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM"</DIV> <DIV>> -</DIV> <DIV>> class: CDROM</DIV> <DIV>> bus: SCSI</DIV> <DIV>> detached: 0</DIV> <DIV>> device: scd0</DIV> <DIV>> driver: ignore</DIV> <DIV>> desc: "Samsung CD-R/RW SW-224B"</DIV> <DIV>> host: 0</DIV> <DIV>> id: 0</DIV> <DIV>> channel: 0</DIV> <DIV>> lun: 0</DIV> <DIV>> generic: sg0</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> Thanks!</DIV> <DIV>> amar</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> _________________________________________________________________</DIV> <DIV>> Easiest Money Transfer to India. 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To check try</DIV> <DIV>mounting from the command line < mount /mnt/cdrom > and if there are I/O</DIV> <DIV>errors they will be output to the terminal.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The CD R/W being seen as scsi indicates a 2.4.x kernel and is needed for</DIV> <DIV>burning.</DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV>jludwig <<A href="mailto:wralphie@comcast.net">wralphie@comcast.net</A>></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV>fedora-list mailing list</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</A></DIV> <DIV>To unsubscribe: <A href="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</A></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>____________________________________________________<BR><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/redir.asp?ad_id=309&lang=9"><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:C77DDEBF-C58B-4F23-8869-6DA4F4551891" align=baseline border=0></A> <I>IncrediMail</I> - <B>Email has finally evolved</B> - </FONT><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/redir.asp?ad_id=309&lang=9"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><B><U>Click Here</U></B></FONT></A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>