Re: can't read cdrom

Erik Andersen (andersee@debian.org)
Mon, 3 Nov 1997 23:54:47 -0700

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On Mon, Nov 03, 1997 at 02:44:56PM -0800, Marty Leisner wrote:
>
> I'm running 2.0.31...I just tried to read the IDE cdrom
> and couldn't...
>
>
> At boot, I have:
> <4>hda: QUANTUM LPS540A, 516MB w/96kB Cache, CHS=524/32/63
> <4>hdb: WDC AC31600H, 1549MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=787/64/63
> <4>hdc: ST32132A, 2015MB w/120kB Cache, CHS=4095/16/63
> <4>hdd: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:260, ATAPI cdrom or floppy?, assuming FLOPPY - not supported by this kernel
> <4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> <4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>

Your drive is not properly identifying itself as a CD-ROM drive (i.e.
it is not a fully ATAPI device). Please place "hdd=cdrom" on the
kernel command line, and re-boot. The problem should go away.

-Erik

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