Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
> >
> > Check if you compiled a driver or module called 'idecd'. It's in
> > Device Drivers/Ata Atapi/IDE Atapi CDROM. Or maybe your drive is one
> > of the 'old CD Roms'? (I think not, though. I'm using old hardware
> > here because of money problems, but if it was _that_ old, the
> > electrolytic capacitors would have dried out by now anyway, wouldn't
> > they.)
>
> Ooops! here goes _another_ rebuild. I'll moan then.
/whew.
Actually, I wasn't that stupid. idecd is compiled in. hotplug has gone
on strike, and won't make nodes for /dev/hda3(swap) and other ext3 file
systems, so the box gets fed up and won't boot.
BTW, You're usually talking 20 years or else a lot of temprature cycling
to get electrolytics to dry out, in my experience. Of course, reverse
the polarities, and they'll really make a spectacular mess for you.
--
With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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