3rd ide master: some headway

[James Takac]

On Sunday 05 August 2007 02:54:16 Les Gray wrote:
> On Saturday 04 August 2007 10:45:21 James Takac wrote:
> > On Saturday 04 August 2007 02:38:05 Les Gray wrote:
> > > On Saturday 04 August 2007 01:50:17 James Takac wrote:
> > > > Tis my understanding that its a sata dvd drive. Going by your list
> > > > here then maybe the drive hasn't been detected? No sr0, only sda,
> > > > sda1, sda2, sda3, sda4, sda5. No hda, hdb, etc
> > > >
> > > > Been doin a lil more research based on a few things  you mentioned.
> > > > What I found may be of some help in figuring things out @
> > > >
> > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/11
> > > >69 96
> > > >
> > > > The basic synopsis seems to be this is some form of debian bug
> > > >
> > > > James
>
> Hi James,
>
> I had a look through your logs. I don't think your issue is related to the
> bug you pointed out, because your HDD is being seen as a SATA/SCSI device -
>
> [   19.188000] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      Hitachi HTS54161
> SBDO PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> [   19.196000] SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte hdwr sectors (120034 MB)
>
> and that bug is about SATA disks incorrectly coming under the control of
> the old IDE/PATA driver after a kernel update.
>
> Trouble is, your DVD drive doesn't seem to be getting seen at all. There's
> no mention of anything which would be related to it in any of the info you
> provided.
>
> Which could mean a few things -
>
> 1. These might seem obvious, but is the drive at least still getting power?
> Can you open and close the tray? Is it still physically connected to the
> motherboard?
>
> 2. Do you have any USB storage devices (flash, external HDD, card reader
> etc.) plugged in when you power up? If so, try unplugging them before
> turning your machine on, and see if your DVD works (although I would expect
> some message about a conflict if this was the case).
>
> 3. A possible bug or incompatibility in libata (the new storage driver)
> which affects your type of machine (based on Intel ICH8, which is still
> new). If so, and it's been fixed in the meantime, you might need to run a
> custom kernel to get around it, at least until the release of Gutsy.
>
> Some more info (which I should have asked for before) - what's the exact
> make and model of both the laptop and the DVD drive?
>
> Cheers,
> Les

Hi Les

Thx for trying.
Yes, the drive has power and can be booted from and even read from in vista if 
I boot over to it. No usb devices plugged in during boot, however the laptop 
has an internal card reader which I can't unplug

Well, the model of laptop being affected is indeed new. When I bought it a few 
weeks ago it had been on the market about 3 wks apparently. The notebook is 
an Asus F3SC-AS014E . Vista lists the drive as HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20L ATA 
Device

The release of Gusty aint that far down the track. Hopefully it will be 
working by then. I can for now plug in an external burner if needed till the 
issue is resolve one way or another

James