Did I make a mistake in starting with Fedora Core 4?

[Dave Gutteridge]

Thank you for the advice. I have upgraded to the latest kernel,  
(2.6.12-1.1398_FC4).

Unfortunately, this did not solve my problem. As I write this, I have 
inserted a data DVD into one of the internal drives (the one I installed 
Fedora from), and the light continues to blink without the files on it 
being accessible. The drive does not respond to attempts to eject it 
either from within Gnome or by pressing the button on the drive itself. 
The only way I will be able to remove the DVD is to reboot and press 
eject during the boot process, before Linux takes hold (I've been 
through this before).

Also, I've noticed an error message during the boot process that occurs 
if I leave the DVD in the drive while booting Fedora:
mknod: failed to create /dev/console:17
mknod: failed to create /dev/null:17
mknod: failed to create /dev/zero:17
hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
hdc: drive not ready for command

Here is the output of lspci -v:

[root at localhost ~]# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82820 820 (Camino) Chipset Host 
Bridge (MCH) (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0092
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82820 820 (Camino) Chipset AGP 
Bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
        Memory behind bridge: fc000000-fdffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f2000000-f5ffffff

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02) 
(prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
        Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fbffffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02) (prog-if 
80 [Master])
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]

00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02) (prog-if 
00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at ff80 [size=32]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at dcd0 [size=16]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 
Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0001
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
        Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Expansion ROM at c0000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
        Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0

02:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4780 SBLive! Value
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at ece0 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

02:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port 
(rev 07)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
        I/O ports at ecd8 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] 
(rev 78)
        Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0092
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
        I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
        Memory at fafffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at fb000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2