Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Aug 1999 21:49:30 +0200 (CEST) | From | Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <> | Subject | [expert] Block device not recognised (fwd) |
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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.
Mandrake 6 does just this for hda and hdb - then skips over hdc for some reason. I tried reinstalling RedHat5.2 (joy - it worked!) - then changed the kernel to 2.2.10 (and others 2.2.* incidentally) and watched - no hdc on boot! So back to 2.0.36....!
I can only guess that my cdrom is slightly buggy and although 2.0.36 can cope with this 2.2.* is more fussy and can not? I'll change my cdrom drive soon just to see if this is right - and then may be I really can use 2.2.10!
For the record though this message is really a public way of saying a very warm thankyou to all those of you who considered this problem , who took the time the ponder on it, mail me, ask for info, suggest fixes etc.
As a sociologist as I can that if the spirit of geneorosity that manifests itself in this list was only more prevelent in society generally than many social problems would never occur in the first place!
So thanks again - there are some really good folk out there!
Bob
Bob Jiggins Research Unit in South East European Studies University of Bradford West Yorkshire UK Tel: +44(0)7050 615511 Fax: +44(0)7050 644569 PGP 5.0i Encryption - Public Key Available E-Mail: r.jiggins@bradford.ac.uk
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