Re: ide cd problem since 2.3.16

Avenger (linux@locutus.mandrakesoft.de)
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 19:46:39 +0200 (CEST)


On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, tom wrote:

> since 2.3.16 (and with 3.17) I cannot mount my mitsumi 8x atapi drive
> correctly. vfat is compiled as module and is loaded, but mount keep
> mounting it as iso9660. when I try mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom -tvfat it
> tells me wrong fs type

Please tell me how you managed to write a CD in vfat format... This is
about the most inefficient and senseless thing anyone has ever done. ;)

Seriously, I think the kernel is quite right when saying the CD is
iso9660, I've never seen a CD in formats other than iso9660, hfs and udf.

> If I do hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc and then hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc,

Does your CD-Drive support DMA? Many older CD-Drives don't...

LLaP
bero

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