> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Christian Hudon wrote: > > > > 'hdb irq timeout : status = 0x58 > > > > hdb ATAPI reset complete' > > > I have a Goldstar 8-speed CD-ROM drive giving me the same messages but i > > > don't know how to handle/evaluate/change this. Any hints someone? > > Try giving "hdb=cdrom" as an argument to the kernel. Maybe that will help. > > > No, this doesn't make any difference. This parameter only is necessary to > tell the kernel that /dev/hdb is a CD-ROM drive instead of a harddisk. The > effect is the same as described by the original poster. Any other ideas?
Put a disc in the drive? :-( My Creative 8-spin (CD820E) reacts violently to trying to mount the drive when there's no disc present, causing errors like those above - irq timeouts and ATAPI resets. In fact, with Linux 2.1.9 and later it causes a minor kernel panic, which it recovers from. I'm hoping to swap the drive for a Panasonic soon. The other alternative is to try to fix the driver, but I don't know nearly enough about Linux to even consider it. With a disc in the drive at mount time, it works fine. hamish -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]