by My fancy new Turtle Beach 8x CDROM (actually an Optics Storage 8422, which
uses an ATAPI interface) does not run reliably under kernel 1.2.13, but
seems to run OK under a nameless commercial OS. I've experimented with
hardware setup and boot parameters and don't notice anything unusual. The
drive is smoothly detected, mounts OK, and reads modest volumes of data
without a hiccup. BUT, then it decides its tray is open, takes a
timeout or two, and just generally fails to get down to business.
SOMETIMES it hangs the system, but more often it simply fails to read
about 25% of the requested data.
A typical /var/log/messages run follows. Ideas anyone??? THANKS!!!!
May 24 22:28:40 mccartyb kernel: ide1: hdc: cdrom
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May 24 22:28:40 mccartyb kernel: tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
May 24 22:28:40 mccartyb kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
May 24 22:28:40 mccartyb kernel: lp0 at 0x03bc, using polling driver
May 24 22:28:40 mccartyb kernel: hda: ST32140A, 2015MB w/128KB Cache, LBA, CHS=1023/64/63, MaxMult=32
May 24 22:28:40 mccartyb kernel: hdc: STINGRAY 8422 IDE 8X CD-ROM 7-27-95, ATAPI, CDROM drive
May 24 22:28:40 mccartyb kernel: ide1: secondary interface on irq 15
May 24 22:28:40 mccartyb kernel: ide0: primary interface on irq 14
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May 24 22:31:40 mccartyb kernel: hdc: timeout: status=0xd0
May 24 22:31:40 mccartyb kernel: ide1: do_ide_reset: hdc: error (0x20?)
May 24 22:31:55 mccartyb kernel: hdc: timeout: status=0xd0
May 24 22:31:55 mccartyb kernel: ide1: do_ide_reset: success
May 24 22:31:55 mccartyb kernel: hdc : tray open
May 24 22:31:55 mccartyb kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 1600, sector 209
May 24 22:33:39 mccartyb kernel: hdc: timeout: status=0xd0
May 24 22:33:39 mccartyb kernel: ide1: do_ide_reset: hdc: error (0x20?)
May 24 22:34:17 mccartyb kernel: hdc: timeout: status=0xd0
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Bill McCarty, Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Azusa Pacific University Ph. 818 815-5311