"Jim P." wrote:
> IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I have been seeking help
> with a cdrom/burner for over a month...and it still doesn't work....mandrake
> support has been 0 help as well....I keep saying it's a bug...but seems that
> word is only associated with mickeysoft....but it's a bug they NEED to
> address....
>
> Jim
>
> >
> >
> >
> > In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post
> said
> > the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0.
> >
> > Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with
> > 7.0 but does not with 7.1.
> >
> > ---Norvell Spearman
> >
> > John Aldrich wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use
> > > > DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with
> > > > Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade
> > > > my bios. Nothing changed. After that, I compiled another kernel
> > > > (2.3.45). Same problem. I compiled 2.2.15 and 2.3.45 in 386 code
> > instead
> > > > of 586. Always the same problem.
> > > >
> > > Probably due to the hard drive not being up to spec.
> > > John
> >
> >
> >
Jim, what precisely is your problem with the IDE CD-RW? I know that CD-RWs
work with the exception of one brand where the cdrecord author says it is a
hardware otu of spec and the manufacturer of the CD-RW says "We only support
Windows".
Send the output of
lspcidrake
cat /proc/pci
dmesg
And maybe you can get some help from some of the volunteers here.
Speaking as one experienced in the matters of identifying bugs, I like to
report what I am able to find, but I hesitate on claiming it to be a bug.
Often, far too often for my own self-image, I have found the bug had its hands
on my keyboard.
Anyway, let's get some data and work on the problem, then decide what it is.
If it is a bug that needs attention, I'll submit it too.
Civileme
