Pixel wrote:

  Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  > Well, this confirms it.  i finally got around to rebuilding the
kernel of mdk
  > 7.0  (iso-2 release) and building the ide-floppy.o module into the
kernel
  > instaed of loading it as a "module" has solved my problems.  i can
now
  > successfully read from the ls120 (www.superdrive.com - i think it
is).
  >
  > please fix this if possible.

  what was the exact pb?

  I have a ls120 10 centimeters away from my left hand, and it works
quite
  nicely?!

  anyway, there are a lot of pb with ls120: mkbootdisk fails (needs
adding
  "disk=/dev/hdd bios=0" and replace the root=/dev/fd0 of the "rescue"
label
  (usefull?))

  i've patched DrakX to work more properly: good entry in fstab (with or
without
  supermount), mkbootdisk handling is now ok. If only mkbootdisk'd work
:)

  i wonder what is the best solution for this nasty ls120? i wonder if
anyone ever
  use it partionned. Seems strange kernel handling as for me. It'd be
better on
  fd0

This is what happens when i try it with supermount:

[root@unknown /root]# ls /mnt/ls120
ls: /mnt/ls120: Input/output error
[root@unknown /root]#



Clipping from /etc/fstab

/mnt/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom1 0
/mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0
#/dev/hdd /mnt/ls120 ext2  auto 0
/mnt/ls120 /mnt/ls120 supermount   fs=ext2,dev=/dev/ls120 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/home1 ext2 defaults 1 2
localhost2:/home/roger /home/roger nfs  user,exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1

(the supermount stays after i rem'd/commented out the supermount check
script in "mandrake everytime")


Now if i change it to "/dev/hdd /mnt/ls120 fs=ext2 0 ", i can
mount/umount the ls120.  don't why supermount
shouldn't work tho' on the ls120.




and here's a clipping from my /var/log/messages file (if it means
anything):



Mar 16 12:51:40  PAM_pwdb[625]: (kde) session opened for user root by
(uid=0)
Mar 16 13:02:34  kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc =  0, key =  2,
asc = 3a, ascq =  0
Mar 16 13:02:34  kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 1b, key =  2,
asc = 3a, ascq =  0
Mar 16 13:02:34  kernel: hdd: The drive reports both 126222336 and 0
bytes as its capacity


I also tried turning off hdd optimizations in the "mandrake_everytime"
script but didn't seem to help one bit.

The kernel 2.2.14-15mdk has been recompiled to include all necessary
modules instead of "as module".

The "supermount.o" check in "mandrake_everytime" had to be commented
out/rem'd out to not check for this module.


I can supermount my 2 cdrom's tho'.  (one ide-scsi, and one scsi w/ scsi
adapter).

Another error i get is a "Segementation Fault" when checking as command
line w/ "ls /mnt/ls120".  At this point it usually "locks" the o/s and
will not umount the /mnt/ls120.   Only hope is to umount each /dev/hda*
and not working about the /dev/ hdd (/mnt/ls120) until shutdown.

Maybe smp and the above configuration is conflicting with this device
somewhere causing me not to simply, "change the desktop floppy icon url
and fstab"?

This is weird.  In the cooker (prior to release of 7.0 and 7.0-2) the
ls120 was detected and worked on supermount (i'm sure it did atleast
work!).  After i erased adn did a intall of 7.0, nothing, didn't work.


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