On 03-30, Boris Bezlaj wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:29:29PM -0500, Hal MacArgle wrote:
> > Greetings and thanks for your input..
> >
> > I'm still stuck.. I found the bootdisk 'isp16', the name of the
> > soundcard/cd-interface, and it found the drive at the proper port:
> > 0x340.. But it still wont mount the drive either as /dev/sjcd or when
> > I 'mknod /dev/isp16 b 0 6', which is "supposed" to be the major/minor
> > number of the device.. I, honestly, question that Major of zero, but
> > that's what I found in the src code, IIRC..
>
> Major 0?
> Maybe these have mislead you..from isp16.c source:
>
> #define ISP16_VERSION_MAJOR 0
> #define ISP16_VERSION_MINOR 6
> ^^^^^^^
> Wrong ones i guess :)
>
Probably not but I seem to be comparing oranges to
apples - whatever.. <grin>
> >From include/linux/major.h:
>
> #define SANYO_CDROM_MAJOR 18
>
Major 18 proper for the drive itself but you hit the
nail on the head - see later...
> > > > 7.1 distribution and I can't get "setup" to find the CDR.. The report
> > > > is always: "SJCD: Sanyo CDR-H94A Cdrom driver version 1.7
> > > > SJCD: Resetting............ reset failed, no drive found."
> >
> > For some reason the drive doesn't want to make up
> > it's mind whether it's a /dev/sjcd or /dev/isp16.. No amount of
> > parameter entries seem to solve the problem /or/ to force the kernel
> > to be able to mount the drive.. The boot image 'isp16' finds the
> > drive all right at port 0x340,0,0-Sanyo, but I can't get it mounted
>
> AFAIK, isp16.c enables the cdrom port on your soundblaster card, and
> sjcd.c manages the drive(i could be dead wrong here).
> /dev/sjcd (should have major 18) is the right device i guess..
>
> Do you have the drivers in the main kernel image or as modules? If they
> are in modules, try loading the isp16.o first, then sjcd.o..
This is where I went astray - not having, or finding a
clue as to what was really needed... I installed Basic Linux 2.02 on
the machine and then loaded isp16.o _and_ sjcd.o and the drive came
to life, except for one comment: "bug: Kernel timer added twice at
c28024d5" However, it was late but I was able to, then, talk to the
drive OK.. I have enough ammunition now to start from scratch again,
to attempt an original install.. I may find it easier to fit an ATAPI
IDE drive to the machine temporarily, just for the install, and then
re-fit the Sanyo for use - loading the two modules..
> BTW, when asking for help on mail list, always leave the mail-list
> address in Cc field..might get some more brainpower 8)
OK will do. I apologize, but I thought there would be
very little interest in such old and "obsolete" hardware.. The drive
is only 2X - puny by what I see vended today.. <grin>
Thanks again,
Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 8.0 (2.4.13)
Proprietary Formats Unacceptable
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