Re: CDROM worked once (surprise) can't get it to work again!
Hi,
I had this problem with my CDROM way back in kernel 1.2 (1995). I fixed it
by
increasing the time-out settings in the BIOS.
It also helped to move it to hdb, thus on the first controller, but I am
not exactly
sure why. But increasing the BIOS settings worked more consistently.
I have not had the problem since, so I do not know of a more recent fix.
This is a PCMCIA-based CDROM, so I think my situation is different.
Right after the PCMCIA stuff starts, the drive starts to spin up,
I get an ide_cs error about 1 second later. Since it did work
once, I now have hope. I am indeed running the vanilla 2.0.36
kernel from the debian 2.1 CD.
Again, I appreciate ANY advice on how to increase the timeout, or
a statement that says it can't be done...
John
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