Re: Linux & CDROM problems
It could also be that time of the CD-ROM's life when it has to go and meet
it's maker...It's a good possibility as you say it also occurs in NT. I
think the likelyhood of the BIOS settings screwing it up are minimal (I've
found linux to be very robust when it comes to using CD-ROM drives).
Cheers
Dave
On Wed, Mar 03, 1999 at 22:19 -0000, Sarah & Iain wrote:
> I am running Debian 2.0 and am expriencing problems with my CDROM. Previously all was going well and I could add packages via the 2.0 CD, however recently my CD player has been giving problems (when I power up the active light is flashing constantly and never stops).
> When I boot into debian the kernel finds that the device is not ready with error (I've appended the dmesg report below)
> hdb: no response (status = 0x90)
>
> Is there any way in which I can manually reset the CD drive from the prompt, because dselect tells me that hdb is not a valid block device.
>
> I have a Samsung CDROM which is normally on /dev/hdb - the active light flashes from the moment I power on - could this be a problem with the BIOS settings? I unfortunately lost (i.e. wasn't clever enough to write down) the BIOS settings I had when the CD was working. I believe this may be the case since I am now having similar problems under Windows NT.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dr Iain Scott,
> sfis@pt.lu
>
>
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