Jim wrote:
>
> I still haven't recieved any help with this and since upgrading to 7.1 it
> seems worse
>
> I installed MD 7.1, I have a creative cdrw 4224 and I can play music on it
> just fine under linux, however when I go to access it for files, the light
> comes on and after a few minutes I get an error message that the contents of
> the directory /mnt/cdrom can not be displayed....now the weird....I can't
> eject the cd and the light stays on. If I don't completely power down the
> machine the cdrom isn't recognized by the bios on the reboot. If I
> completely shut down the power for the recomended 15 seconds and turn it
> back on my cdrom is back in the boot list again.
>
> Can anyone help me with all this weirdness?
>
> I am running an AMD K6-3 450, 128 mb ram, on a gigabyte MB, with the Ali
> Aladdin V AGPset rev 5.
>
> I have had problems with the cd-rw in linux from the begining and haven't
> gotten it fixed, but it never removed it from the bios before...what gives
> here?
>
> Jim
That is pretty strange... have you tried the expert list? It would seem
that you aren't unmounting the drive, but if that's not the case then
I'm not sure what it would be. If it's been removed from the bios, that
would seem to be a loose connection or a bad drive. Have you checked to
make sure that all your wires are connected correctly? Could you
possibly need a bios update? Are you dual booting your machine? If so,
what's the drive look like under the other OS? Maybe try a different
drive in there (if you have a spare on hand).
Well, that's all I can think of off hand, Mike
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