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    SubjectRe: ATAPI CDROM kernel problems
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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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