At 07:44 14.11.01 -0800, you wrote: >On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 11:59:25AM +0100, Benedikt Grundmann wrote: > > > > I recently bought debian 3.0 (pre) from Lehmanns (a German bookstore). I > > installed it on my laptop. (Fujitsu - Siemens Lifebook). I already have > > Windows 98 installed and I just copied the first CD of the 4 CDs onto a > > windows partition. After that I did a regular install using a bootdisk > > from that windows partition. > > > > The problem is the cdrom drive is an external one made by freecom > connected > > to the laptop with a USB Cable also made by freecom. (As far as I know > > this cable has its own controller) I wasn't able to get it run with > one of > > the shipped precompiled kernels, so I compiled a kernel myself 2.4.9-686. > > > > I included scsi support, scsi cdrom support, usb support, uhci support ( I > > tested both drivers) usb storage support and freecom usb/atapi bridge > > support. Now after inserting the usb cable the cdrom was recognized and > > installed under /dev/sr0. Mount worked and I was able to use ls, cd > but as > > soon as I read one of the files -- For examples Packages.gz -- The > message > > freecom reset called appears. > >I must say I'm not an expert, but I have been using a USB cdrom (actually >cdrw), and I'm a little surprised that yours is on /dev/sr0. I don't know >what that device corresponds to, but perhaps you could try /dev/scd0 (which >should be the first scsi cd-rom drive, and the usb drive pretends to be a >cd-rom). This is only a guess, though, but I figured I'd point it out >since it's a difference between what you did and what I did.
I just had a look at usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt and it says that /dev/sr0 is exactly the same device as /dev/scd0, so that does not make any difference in theory and unfortunately this time theory and practice behave the same way. Has anybody tried a freecom cdrom device (USB) ? And could he or she mail me the kernel configuration used ? Please ! > > Afther that experience I installed a new kernel (from the internet ormal > > tar.gz not debianized) 2.4.14 same configuration. The problem remains but > > now it already starts when mounting the cd. > >Hmmm. This is a kernel I was using until recently, and had no problems... > > > I believe this is a bug in the driver but I'm not sure which one though I > > decided to post my problem in this mailing list. Please if anybody knows > > anything helpfull tell me. Even if it's just the mailing-list I should > > post it. > >I'm afraid I may not have been very helpful, but perhaps switching to >/dev/scd0 will do the trick. If not, then I'm at a loss. >-- >David Roundy >http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/ > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
