On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:32:24 +0100
Helle Espen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have Dell inspiron 3800.
> Have had Linux mandrake 7.? (1?) on it before without any problem.
> Tried now to install LM 8.1, and I am not able to do it.
> It hangs when it tries to use the CDROM (But it is able to use it
> before.Strange......)
> Can anyone please help me?
>
>
>
> Here comes what I think is relevant of kernel messages:
> <4> ide0 BM-DMA at 0x860-0x0867, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hda:pio
> <4> ide1 BM-DMA at 0x868-0x086f, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdc:pio
Strange, it mentions hda for ide0 (twice) _and_ ide1 ...
> ....
> hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX700E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM DRIVER
> ....
> <4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> <4>hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM-RW drive, 8192kB Cache, DMA
> <6>Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> <6>SCSI subsstemdriver Revision: 1.0
> <7>ISO 9660 Extentions: RRIP_1991A
> <4>hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> }
> <4>hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x34
> <4>hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> }
> <4>hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x34
> <4>ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_lostirq func only: 13
> <4>hdc: lost innterrupt
> <4>ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_lostirq func only: 13
> <4>hdc: lost interrupt
>
> And continuing.
> Tries also to reset ATAPI and disable DMA
Looks like a cdrom hardware problem :( Is this a laptop ?
-Frans
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