Eric
> Sorry Dave, I can't help ya...I'm too "Newbie". I would like to thank you
> for the help with my Netscape problem though.
> Eric
If you have a Windows partition, or a DOS boot floppy with CDROMQuote:>hello all,
>I have a sony DDU220E (it is a DVD drive) and I want to be able to use
>it as a
>cd-rom. It is fully atapi/ide, and from what I understand this should
>allow it to work.
>I re-configured the kernel with IDE/ATAPI support, and that went
>successfully, but
>my cd-rom continues to not work. When I attempt to mount, I get the
>message:
>"/dev/cd-rom not configured, not a valid block device" (not the exact
>message)
>upon startup, init recognizes it as an atapi ('type 17?') device but
>also proclaims it
>un-configured. It is hdc, and ide1. What can I do to get this thing
>working? Should
>it work or will I be unable to get it to work because it is a DVD-rom?
>Are there
>config files somewhere that I can manipulate, or do I have to recompile
>the kernel
>again, or use a module? Help!!
Make sure your BIOS config for that drive is correct. I find that
setting the IDE channel with the CDROM to autodetect on every boot
helps. Also make sure that UDMA is off on that channel if the drive
doesn't support it.
Try passing "hdc=cdrom" to the kernel via LILO.
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It should work.Quote:>>hello all,
>>I have a sony DDU220E (it is a DVD drive) and I want to be able to use
>>it as a cd-rom. It is fully atapi/ide, and from what I understand this
>>should allow it to work.
>>I re-configured the kernel with IDE/ATAPI support, and that went
>>successfully, but my cd-rom continues to not work. When I attempt
>>to mount, I get the message: "/dev/cd-rom not configured, not a valid
>>block device" (not the exact message) upon startup, init recognizes it
>>as an atapi ('type 17?') device but also proclaims it un-configured.
>>It is hdc, and ide1. What can I do to get this thing working? Should
>>it work or will I be unable to get it to work because it is a DVD-rom?
>>Are there config files somewhere that I can manipulate, or do I have
>>to recompile the kernel again, or use a module? Help!!
Things to check:
* Your DVD drive works in any other OS you've got.
* If it's the only drive on its channel, it's jumpered as MASTER.
Make sure that it's the master on the secondary channel of the
first IDE controller, since you're calling it hdc.
* Check the /dev/cd-rom file. Actually, I've never seen a distro
call it /dev/cd-rom instead of /dev/cdrom, but perhaps it does...
If you really want /dev/cd-rom, it should be a symlink to /dev/hdc.
Make sure that the major/minor number of /dev/hdc make sense.
If it's the wrong link or device file, fix it.
* Make sure your kernel supports ISO9660, IDE block devices,
and IDECD.
* Presumably you also *recompiled* and *reinstalled* your kernel
in addition to *reconfiguring* it? Simply doing a 'make [x|menu]config'
doesn't rebuild/reinstall the whole thing (or, more precisely,
build and use lilo).
* Next time, consider posting exact messages as well as the commands
you used. That's more useful...
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