Jan Schmidt wrote: > <quote who="Antony Clarke"> > >>I've had the cdrw as spec'ed in dmesg below working before however for >>some reason it's just not happening for me now. I have included the >>symbolic links I made as well as /etc/fstab, commands I have run, grub >>and dmesg snippets. Anyone help. If I get in /var/log/messages that >>Can't locate module block-major-11 does that mean that I don't have >>sr_mod set as a loadable module when the kernel was compiled .config >>appended to end of message. Shit, I'm probably going around in circles >>here, but please help a newbie. Sorry about the size as well. >> > > > You have SCSI sr module compiled in, if that's the .config from your > currently running kernel: > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m > > As root, use lsmod to show current modules. If 'sr_mod' isn't there, try doing > 'modprobe sr_mod' and see if you can load the module manually. > > You may need 'alias block-major-11 sr_mod' in your /etc/modules.conf file to > trigger the load. I don't need it with my kernel though, so check what you > get when you modprobe the module by hand. > > Your kernel boot options look fine. I'd change the /dev/cdrom1 link to point > /dev/scd0 instead of /dev/hdd, though - always use the scsi device node, not > the IDE (hdd) one when using a drive through ide-scsi emulation. > > >>ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) >>end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 64 >>isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:40, iso_blknum=16, block=32 > > > Unless this is some artifact of an incorrect configuration, I'd think this > indicates a bad CD, or a bad drive. > > Hope that helps lead you somewhere useful. > > Cheers, > J. > -- > Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Karaoke bars combine two of the nation's greatest evils: > people who shouldn't drink with people who shouldn't sing." > -Tom Dreesen
I'm starting to think that it may be a compile problem. When I set up my wireless kernel I can't remember if I did a 'make mrproper' which could be the issue with my system not bieng able to locate sr_mod. Will try a recompile. Cheers, Antony Clarke -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
