Bug#320660: INSTALL REPORT
retitle 320660 Problems using external firewire Plextor CD/DVD
thanks
On Sunday 31 July 2005 11:27, Remko Bolt wrote:
> I wanted quite a complicated setup wich I had read wasn't supported
> (and didn't expect it to be). Allthough both MD and LVM were supported
> but not LVM on MD.
That _is_ supported and should not give any problems, especially with /
(or /boot) on a separated partition. Even / and /boot on LVM over RAID
will work although you may need to set up your bootloader manually.
> During CD detection my external firewire Plextor CD/DVD `DVDR
> PX-504A' was not found. Allthough with the 2.4 kernel it could be
> manually loaded with `echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 0 0" >
> /proc/scsi/scsi' and with the 2.6 kernel it could be mounted straight
> away.
> The 2.6 kernel would freeze during use of the plextor.
I'll leave the report open for this issue, although I don't expect we will
be able to do much about it. It would be nice if you could research this
further and provide additional information.
Are you able to use the drive with 2.6 from the installed system? Any
differences in loaded modules or settings in /proc?
It looks like you used an older image that has 2.4.27 as default and 2.6.8
as alternative. Could you also try a daily netinst CD which has 2.6.11
(and in a few days 2.6.12) as default?
Cheers,
FJP
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