Dan Hartropp wrote:
> hdc : packet command error : error=0x51 {DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error}
> hdc : cdrom_decode_status : error 0x30
> hdc : ATAPI reset completeIf I were getting that error I would think I had a bad cd media in the drive, perhaps scratched or damaged. Since you installed from that drive and media I have to discount that. > I am able to mount and read the cds fine, the drive > only seems to hang with Dselect and apt. The error comes from the linux kernel. This is not specific to any application and any program accessing it could generate those errors from the kernel. Is DMA on for /dev/hdc? If so turn it off and see if that helps. Often the hardware from random vendors is different and breaks the driver for things like DMA. Usually the kernel can recover and will turn DMA off automatically. But not always. The hdparm program is in the hdparm package and the sudo program is in the sudo package. sudo hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc Personally I would try to get the network running and do additionally installations from there. It is possible a newer kernel than the one you have is needed to contain the needed drivers for your machine. Therefore I would get the network running and install from the debian.org archives directly. Then install the latest kernel available and see if it helps with the problem. Bob
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