-Rob
On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Stephen Payne wrote:
> In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.961124122809.10362B-100000@sigma.not.for.mail> you write:
> >
> >I don't know if this has been reported or not. I am having trouble
> >with my Toshiba 6x ATAPI CD-ROM Drive since the new ATAPI stuff was
> >implemented. Specifically, the door will not open when the button is
> >pressed on the drive or when a program tells it to open. This symptom
> >occurs seconds after booting 2.1. The problem is "solved" by shutting
> >down and restarting up. I don't mean just rebooting. Complete powere
> >down. The problem is not present in 2.0 or Win95.
>
> I have been having problems with my Sony ATAPI 4x CD-ROM that sound a
> little bit similar. Using both workbone and cdtools I get complete
> locks when I try to do a cdstop or cdeject before the disk has
> finished playing. The IDE bus seems to lock solid and any attempts to
> access any drive hang. The cd drive will not open or the system work
> again until I have power cycled the whole machine. I am using
> 2.0.22...
>
> srp
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> Stephen Payne "Mmmmm, you smell nice darling; what is that?"
> srp20@cam.ac.uk "Errm...Gin."
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