On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 01:16:29PM -0500, paul tsai wrote:
> Alvin,
>
> Thanx for the reply. I'ved already tried this suggested fix with no
> successful results. I do not know if they are on the same cable,
> because it's a laptop. I am curious as to why this only happens with
> gnome.
A 'cat /etc/fstab' will show if you have /dev/hda and /dev/hdb, or
/dev/hda and /dev/hdc. The first means one controller, the second two.
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:15:27 -0800 (PST), Alvin Oga
> <aoga@mail.linux-consulting.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, paul tsai wrote:
> >
> > > hey all,
> > >
> > > I'm running into an extremely weird issue with my dvd/cdrw drive on a
> > > Toshiba M35 laptop. btw I'm running Sarge 2.6.8 custom kernel.
> > > Whenever I pop in a dvd it issues this error on the terminal console
> > >
> > > hdc: packet command error: error=0x51
> > > hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> > > hdc: packet command error: error=0x51
> > > and this repeats
> >
> > standard problem ...
> >
> > - if the hd and dvd is using the same cable.. you've got problems
> >
> > - usually just bad cable, bad mix of drive to the same cable, etc, etc
> >
> > - try turning off dma on the dvd port, lets say dvd is the /dev/hdc
> > hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc
> >
> > c ya
> > alvin
> >
> --
> Paul
>
> Email - paultsai@gmail.com
>
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> Till touch down brings me round again to find
> I'm not the man they think i am at home"
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>
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