Re: Bad CDROM hangs the system ?

Fabrizio Ammollo (fabry@hpcpe.reitek.com)
Fri, 13 Dec 1996 10:06:01 +0100


At 02.14 13/12/96 +0100, you wrote:

>Dec 13 01:47:12 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
>Dec 13 01:47:18 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
>Dec 13 01:47:18 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
>Dec 13 01:47:18 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
>Dec 13 01:47:24 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
>Dec 13 01:47:24 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
>Dec 13 01:47:29 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
>Dec 13 01:47:29 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
>Dec 13 01:47:29 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
>Dec 13 01:47:29 bigwhoop kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40,

I have this problem too, both with the 2.0.27 and the 1.2.13 kernels.. all
the system freezes and I cannot even login on another console until it
returns to its normal state.. I have the little suspect that the stall
could happen because I have both the hard disk (a Quantum Sirocco 2550A)
and the CDROM (a Mitsumi FX-300) on the primary EIDE interface, and so they
are using the same IRQ...
Under both DOS and OS/2 I obtain a data CRC error, so I'm not so sure of
the integrity of my CDROM drive... :-?

>Any hint ?

Don't use those CDs. :-(
Ciao ciao,
-Fabry-