CDROM problems
I have recently installed a 8X IDE CDROM drive from Samsung in my old 486.
However, when I mount or sccess it, everything will typically work fine
for a few minutes, and then the CDROM craps out, making loud and
mysterious noises, starting and stopping the engine every few seconds etc.
Sometimes, system performance goes down so much that I cannot reboot my
machine cleanly. Occasionally, this porblem will even survive a warm
reboot. I have experienced this problem on both 2.2.10 and 2.2.13
kernels.
Does anyone have any ideas on what to try? I've done some dejanews
searches etc and have not come up with anything, although the name Samsung
seems to crop up a lot in connection with CDROM problems.
Hereis the output from dmesg:
Linux version 2.2.13 (root@donald) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991109 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Sun Dec 12 05:19:56 CET 1999
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 33.18 BogoMIPS
Memory: 14888k/16384k available (676k kernel code, 416k reserved, 376k data, 28k init)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
CPU: 486
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Starting kswapd v 1.5
Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
hda: Conner Peripherals 850MB - CFA850A, ATA DISK drive
hdb: CS-R38 0, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: Conner Peripherals 850MB - CFA850A, 813MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=826/32/63
hdb: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM drive, 48317kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 28k freed
Adding Swap: 33260k swap-space (priority -1)
CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
PPP line discipline registered.
registered device ppp0
PPP BSD Compression module registered
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
>>> At this point, I attempted mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /cdrom
hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hdb: ATAPI reset complete
hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hdb: ATAPI reset complete
hdb: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 72
ATAPI device hdb:
Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
Illegal mode for this track or incompatible medium -- (asc=0x64, ascq=0x00)
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=03:40, iso_blknum=18, block=36
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Big Gaute (not to be confused with LG) - OMNIVERSAL AWARENESS??
Oh, YEH!! First you need 4 GALLONS of JELL-O and a BIG WRENCH!!...
I think you drop th'WRENCH in the JELL-O as if it was a FLAVOR, or an
INGREDIENT... ...or...I...um... WHERE'S the WASHING MACHINES?
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