On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Robert Fox wrote:
= I have installed 7.1 several times on several machines without much
= hassle. But my main system which worked perfectly with 7.0 won't allow me
= to install with 7.1
=
= I have the following: Adaptec 2940 UW
=
= SCSI ID 3 is a Plextor PX-32TS 32X CD-ROM
= SCSI ID 5 is a Yamaha CDRW 4260 - (end termination)
=
= When I boot the Mandrake 7.1 CD - after the bus scan, it asks which SCSI
= CDROM to use, scsi0 or scsi1
=
= I have tried both, but the follow occurs when I try scsi0 (the plextor drive)
= <4> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
= <4> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
= <4> sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
= <7> VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
The line immediately above makes me think that it's looking for a CD in
the drive.
= scsi0:0:3:-1 Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x15d
=
= Then a timeout occurs and it says unable to read scsi0 - check that CD is
= in the tray
Well, then, this does too. I know it's silly, but why not try it with a
CD in the drive. Maybe not so silly. If it's trying to mount, it'll fail
if there's no CD in the tray.
=
= The system work fine with other OSs including Mandrake 7.0 NO PROBLEM!!
=
= Any help would be appreciated!!
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hth,
kf
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