090515 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag, 15. Mai 2009 11:00:59 schrieb Philip Webb: >> For the 1st time in 2 months, I went to write a CD & discovered >> that /dev/sr0 is not being created nor symlink /dev/cdrom ; >> I looked at 'dmesg': no mention of 'sr' or 'cd' being found. >> I tested the drive: SystemRescue 1.1.0 (kernel 2.6.25.16) starts correctly >> & mounts /dev/sr0 on /mnt/cdrom ; its 'dmesg' says : >> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/16x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray \ >> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 > Please post your kernel config.
The relevant lines are # Device Drivers # Generic Driver Options CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug" CONFIG_STANDALONE=y CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="" # CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR is not set # CONFIG_CONNECTOR is not set # CONFIG_MTD is not set CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y # CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_AX88796 is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_1284 is not set CONFIG_PNP=y # CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES is not set # Protocols CONFIG_PNPACPI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COW_COMMON is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set # CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD is not set # CONFIG_ATA_OVER_ETH is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set # CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES is not set CONFIG_HAVE_IDE=y # CONFIG_IDE is not set <<<--- is this the important line ? # SCSI device support # CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS is not set CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_SCSI_DMA=y # CONFIG_SCSI_TGT is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NETLINK is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS is not set # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM) CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH is not set ... # CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set CONFIG_ZISOFS=y # CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set >> BIOS reports "Auto-detecting PATA primary master: ATAPI CD-ROM". > What BIOS says is irrelevant. It does mention 'PATA' & 'ATAPI', which mb relevant. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
