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Mitsumi cd rom on hP pavilion not detected by linux

Mitsumi cd rom on hP pavilion not detected by linux

Post by tgrzyb » Fri, 13 Sep 1996 04:00:00




>Well, first off, you sure that Mitsumi is ide/atapi?  If I remember
>correctly, I think Mitsumi made two types, one ide/atapi and the other
>a propriatary device.  This is where mcd comes into play, if it is the
>mitsumi propriatary device, then you should use the kernel with mcd
>support compiled in.  Otherwise, you should be able to get by with
>the idecd kernel, which is ide/atapi cdrom support compiled in.

>That answer your questions?  If not, repost more specific problems.

>Tom


>: My cd rom  which is a  mitsumi ide type is not detected by linux.
>:
>: its on x0170 and irq 15 but it just wont detect it.
>: What could be wrong?
>:
>: What does "mcd not a valid block device" mean?
>:
>: Please help....
>: Jitendra Khare
>:

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I am having the exact same problem with a Mitsumi ide/atapi.

It shows up under MSDOS after DOS loads a driver that
came with the drive and then lists
the IRQ and declares that it is an ATAPI device.  Funny thing
here is that I cannot get my AMI Bios setup to detect it
and neither can Linux (no matter which kernel I use or which
device).  What gives here???  Very frustrating.

Tom

 
 
 
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Mitsumi cd rom on hP pavilion not detected by linux

Post by jeff schmid » Thu, 19 Sep 1996 04:00:00




> >Well, first off, you sure that Mitsumi is ide/atapi?  If I remember
> >correctly, I think Mitsumi made two types, one ide/atapi and the other
> >a propriatary device.  This is where mcd comes into play, if it is the
> >mitsumi propriatary device, then you should use the kernel with mcd
> >support compiled in.  Otherwise, you should be able to get by with
> >the idecd kernel, which is ide/atapi cdrom support compiled in.

> >That answer your questions?  If not, repost more specific problems.

> >Tom


> >: My cd rom  which is a  mitsumi ide type is not detected by linux.
> >:
> >: its on x0170 and irq 15 but it just wont detect it.
> >: What could be wrong?
> >:
> >: What does "mcd not a valid block device" mean?
> >:
> >: Please help....
> >: Jitendra Khare
> >:

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> I am having the exact same problem with a Mitsumi ide/atapi.

> It shows up under MSDOS after DOS loads a driver that
> came with the drive and then lists
> the IRQ and declares that it is an ATAPI device.  Funny thing
> here is that I cannot get my AMI Bios setup to detect it
> and neither can Linux (no matter which kernel I use or which
> device).  What gives here???  Very frustrating.

> Tom

Recompile your kernal with atapi/ide cdrom support and connect the cdrom
to the secondary drive controller on your mainboard or controller card.
put a cd in the drive. when the kernel loads it will report no cd found,
but will see /dev/hdd and mount it on /cdrom, if you have a line in your
/etc/fstab file for a cdrom, and that is the mount point for the device.
once the machine is up you can umount/mount the device as is09660
filesystem. this works with kernel 1.3.20 and a mitsumi 2x cdrom on a
machine that i built for my mother. yes, mom's a linuxhead.it will not
see the drive unless you boot with a disk in the tray. i think that in
the src files mcd.c and mcd.h the kernel looks for mitsumi drives at
0x300 but i have not gotten  the drive to work by altering the address
in these files. luck.ciao.jeff

 
 
 
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