[nmglug] CD-Rom wheredit go

[js at jasonschaefer.com]

perhaps, try and boot knoppix to see if it works in there.


a_kaluta wrote:

> From; Anthony Kaluta
> To ;Karl Hegbloom" et.al. <karlheg at laclinux.com>
> "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at nmglug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [nmglug] CD-Rom wheredit go
>
> Karl;
> Of course it may take a bit more  to understand. but I will look into
> udev and hotplug;and for what it was worth I have read the man pages
> of each.
> I ran and not knowing if it would help
> /etc/init.d/hotplug status
> pertinent results
> isof      0
> ide-cd  0
> cdrom   1 ide-cd
>
> also
> /etc/init.d/hotplug  force-reload
> also
> /etc/init.d/udev force-reload
> and
> /etc/init.d/udev-mtab
>
> to answer your question....is 'iso9660' loaded
> modprobe -r ide-cd
> shows unload in dmesg
> and  /etc/fstab shows 'isofs'  removed .
> modprobe ide-cd
> shows no message in dmesg
> and in /etc/fstab shows 'isofs'
>
> looking in /etc/fstab/
> the following is in place
> /dev/cdrom        /cdrom   /iso9660     ....
> however using
> locate /cdrom or
> locate  /dev/cdrom
> indicates they do not exist.
> so their is a disparity (not knowing is a reload option is required
> for '/etc/fstab'
> locate 'ide-cd'  brings the  result:
> /sys/bus/ide/driver/ide-cdrom
> So I have learned a tiny bit and if I may be so presumptious,perhaps
> step two,in the journey of one thousand miles (3000steps per miles x
> 1000 = 3,000,000).having not solved the problem may get back to some
> details of Mailman and perhaps take a peek at Postfix.
> Thank you for your may kind responses. Anthony Kaluta
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Hegbloom" <karlheg at laclinux.com>
> To: "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at nmglug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [nmglug] CD-Rom wheredit go
>
>
>> Looking at it again, that error message looks like one I've seen when
>> there was no disc in the drive.  If you were using 'udev' and 'hotplug',
>> it would be easier, perhaps, to see if the device is really "there",
>> since the /dev/hdc would only exist if it has been initialized.
>>
>> Try "modprobe -r ide-cd && sleep 1 && modprobe ide-cd", then check
>> "dmesg" to see what it says upon reloading the module.
>>
>> Another question... is the 'iso9660' module loaded?  That is needed for
>> data CD file systems.
>>
>> -- 
>> Karl Hegbloom <karlheg at laclinux.com>
>> Los Alamos Computers, Technical Support
>>
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