"Jim P." wrote:
>
> I saved and printed your message and the next time I decide to abuse myself
> with 7.1 I'll give that a try. I have reinstalled 7.0 because I got tired
> of not having a working cd...
>
> Jim
>
The information that it works in 7.0 and doesn't in 7.1 is
suggestive of something else. The creative CDRW 4224 is enabled
for DMA, and 7.1 would likely use it by default.
Now I do assume you are trying to open a data disk and not an
audio disk (because the audio disk doesn't use "files" per se)
and it freezes on you. This suggests it might be overdriven or
be treated as a HDD.
I have a Creative CDRW (same model) on my K6-2 500 system and 7.1
worked the first time, but I did NOT choose during the install to
enable hard disk optimisations. I later enabled them for the
hard drive alone using the hdparm command. (and besides man
hdparm, there is VERY useful discussion of it at
http://forum.mandrakesoft.com) If you enabled them during the
7.1 install, that might be something to back off a notch and see
what happens.
Nexxt question--do you have a standard floppy or an LS120/LX120?
Special considerations apply to those little demons, but there
are workarounds. I just moved from an LS120 to a regular
floppy--no duplication.
I don't understand why I am unable to duplicate the behavior
here. What else is different in our systems? I just moved the
CDRW to another computer with a K6-2 300 and a VIA MVP3
chipset. The other was a VIA MVP4. Still no duplication.
My drive works under 7.0 and 7.1. This is most odd.
I will try reinstall tomorrow and enable HD optimisation and see
if it makes a difference.
Actually 7.0 should introduce a problem with a CDRW. The
'append="ide-scsi"' is set up and the module loaded but the
ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrw
is NOT performed.
So you cannot access it under 7.0 til you tweak. That problem
was corrected in 7.1.
I'll let you know if I duplicate the behavior under 7.1 that you
are experiencing.
Civileme
