Re: Kernel 2.2.15 and SCSI CD
Karsten:
Thanks for your note. In the meantime I did try kernel 2.2.17 which
had the uniform CD rom driver 3.31 instead of 2.56 in 2.2.15. WIth
this I had not problem. So I presume it was the CDrom driver which
was at fault.
Sebastian Canagaratna
Department of Chemistry
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH 45810
> Not sure specifically if there's a CD error in 2.2.14, though I *did*
> run into a smbfs conflict.
>
> However, kernels in the range 2.2.13(?) - 2.2.16 have known root-level
> exploits. 2.2.17 is strongly recommended. The other alternative may be
> to fall back to 2.0.38 or thereabouts, which may lack some functionality
> but is a solid and dependable kernel AFAIK (if anyone knows differently,
> speak now).
>
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> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 09:13:32AM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna (scanagar@canax2.onu.edu) wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I was using slink with 2.2.1 with scsi hard disk and a scsi cd
> > (SONY-CDU-76S) and everything was fine. I recently upgraded
> > to potato and left the kernel at 2.2.1 and everything was OK.
> > I thenk installed 2.2.15 which was on the CD and now the SCSI
> > hard disk is recognized and so is the CD on boot up, but when I
> > try to read a CD it times out after probe failure. Is this a known
> > problem with 2.2.15 or am I doing something wrong. Even ppp
> > appears to fail. I did a make modules and modules_install. The
> > SCSI part is in the kernel, not as part of a module. Would
> > it help to install 2.2.12 or 2.2.17?
>
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