CDROM regression Etch --> Lenny? Comment please.
Situation:
Machine with 2 CD/DVD writers on IDE channel 2. /dev/hdc is a
DVD-RW; /dev/hdd is a CD-RW. Dual-booting between Etch (update from
Sarge) and a fresh Lenny install.
Under Etch, both drives detect a blank CD and the kernel reports
in /var/log/messages (and to a tty if using one):
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
Under Lenny, /dev/hdd fails to produce a kernel message, although the
drive light indicates that the drive has detected medium. /dev/hdc
reports in /var/log/messages:
Jul 8 21:44:53 Samarkand kernel: [ 992.907877] cdrom: This disc
doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
Neither drive produces a report to the user's tty.
Problem:
1 Desktop CD-burner cannot/will not use CD-RW under Lenny
2 Lenny seems less capable of detecting blank media than Etch
Lenny kernel version (uname -a):
Linux Samarkand 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Fri Mar 13 18:08:45 UTC 2009 i686
GNU/Linux
Before anyone asks, I have installed linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 but it
refuses to boot my system, dropping me to initramfs shell! That's
another issue :->.
Thank you folks,
Bruce Ward.
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