Messages in this thread | | | From | Jason Burrell <> | Subject | Re: ATAPI CDROM kernel problems | Date | Sat, 6 Jul 1996 00:59:36 -0500 (CDT) |
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> > > > Can somebody PLEASE give me a CLUE?!?!? > > > > I need one too. I have a Mitsumi Quad Speed, plugged into the IDE port of my > > Soundblaster AWE32 PnP. I initialize the soundcard using Intel's Plug and > > Pray driver, then reboot into Linux. The sound works, but I haven't been > > able to get the triple damned IDE channel to work. If I specify it, it says > > that it's already in use, *or* goes ahead and allocates it, but won't let me > > set /dev/hd? (where ? is c, d, e, etc.) to be a CDROM, saying the "port is > > in use." So either I'm screwed once, or I'm screwed twice. :) > > > > I'm starting to think that this is a major kernel screwup. If you get any > > information, please send it my way while I still have some hair left. :) > > > > Regards. > > Is the info in the IDE documentation about the tertiary port any help?
Not particularly. I've tried using the kernel boot parameters it mentions, but the kernel seems *convinced* that the IDE port is in use.
LILO boot: Linux ide2=0x1e8,11 hde=cdrom [Also tried: hde=noprobe] [Also tried: hde=cdrom hde=noprobe] [Also tried: ide2=0x1e8,0x03ee,11 -- and both of the above]
I get the same thing every time. The kernel says "ERROR - PORTS ALREADY IN USE" or something with almost that wording. After that, it tries to do something with the IDE device and I get something resembling "ide2: already in use, skipping probe."
It looks like the kernel just decides that it isn't a cool idea to use the port. I know other people have to be using CDROMs plugged into their soundcards. I'd pull the thing out and plug it into a standard IDE card if I didn't have all my expansion slots filled, and two drives in the system already.
If, after all this, I try to mount the cdrom, I get "/dev/hde is not a block device".
I need a clue. Bad. :)
Thanks.
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