[Mitsumi] Re: Cannot load/mount CDRom Drive

[NoOp]

On 06/22/2007 10:12 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 06/21/2007 11:09 PM, Jack Bowling wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 06:50:12PM -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>> I know that the answer will become obvious after replies, but I
>>> simply cannot get Feisty 7.04 (ubuntu-desktop 2.6.20-16-386) to
>>> find and mount the CDRom for an HP XE744. I've not pulled out the
>>> CDRom drive yet to find out who it is made by, but it's a 48x
>>> that works just fine under Knoppix.
>> <snip>
>> 
>> I would suspect that the kernel version is different between
>> Knoppix and the latest Feisty updates. So I think that you were
>> caught by the latest conversion/reversion between PATA/SATA device
>> naming in the Feisty kernel.
>> 
>> What worked for me is this:
>> 
>> $cd /dev $sudo MAKEDEV -v scd-all
>> 
>> and then reboot so the kernel can assign the devices properly.
>> Can't hurt to try this.
>> 
>> Jack
>> 
> 
> Thanks... no joy. Looks like this might be a common problem: 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/99800
> 
> 
> I'm going to try and swap the CD-Rom drive from the test machine
> (where I had the hard drive) into the HP XE744 to see if that makes
> any difference.
> 
> 


Swapped out the Mitsumi FX4830T with a Panasonic Matshita SR-8583
DVD-ROM (5X/32X) out of an old Compaq Presario and no problems now. So,
it looks like the kernel problem with
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/99800
is valid. I'll add something to the bug later.