[Andre Eisenbach asked that I repost what problem I am having with my CD-reader]
I have Debian 3.0 on a SONY VAIO PCG-SR27K. I am unable to get the Sony CD reader (PCGA-CD51/A) that attaches via the PCMCIA slot to work under Debian. Looking at the suggestions for related architectures on www.linux-laptop.net, it is suggested that /cdrom is improperly linked to /dev/hde and should be linked to /dev/hdc. So I have done rm /dev/cdrom ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom My /etc/fstab has the following entry /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 Upon boot, the following is put into syslog : cardmgr[990]: executing: 'modprobe -r ide_cs' : cardmgr[990]: exiting : kernel: unloading PCMCIA Card Services : kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.34 : kernel: kernel build: 2.4.18-686 unknown : kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] : kernel: Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe: : kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:0c.0 : kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0a.0 : kernel: Ricoh RL5C475 rev 80 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:0c, mem 0x10000000 : kernel: host opts [0]: [isa irq] [io 3/6/1] [mem 3/6/1] [pci irq 9] [lat 168/176] [bus 2/5] : kernel: ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,10,11,12,15 PCI status changes : cardmgr[1055]: starting, version is 3.1.33 : cardmgr[1055]: watching 1 sockets : cardmgr[1055]: Card Services release does not match And then when I insert the card: : kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean. : cardmgr[990]: socket 0: Ninja ATA : cardmgr[990]: executing: 'modprobe ide_cs' : cardmgr[990]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable When I do 'mount /cdrom' (when the CD-reader is plugged in and a CD is in the CD-reader) all I get is mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device What else should I look at? Any suggestions gratefully accepted. Blair Kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]