DVD drive not detected anymore

Henk Altena skipper at zinix.nl
Thu Apr 19 08:58:17 UTC 2007


Ed Greshko wrote:
> Henk Altena wrote:
>
>   
>> Ed here is my dmesg file. Take a look at /dev/hdd !  Now the question is
>> it a  BIOS or FC6 error ?
>>     
>
> Looks like either BIOS problem or ide bus scan problem on power up.
>
> You have 2 ide controllers.  The DVD is on ide1 and is secondary on the
> string.  One can't tell from this information so you will have to check to
> see if you are using "Cable Select" or if the DVD is jumpered to be
> secondary.  In any case I would suggest you make it primary and see if that
> helps.
>
>   
O.K. Ed I made the DVD master on the second controller (with a jumper). 
When starting up the system this morning everything was fine: the DVD 
was correctly detected by Fedora 6.

Thanks for the help,

Henk





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