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Old 06-20-2001, 10:05 AM   #1
mantiev
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Question Floppy and CDROM errors


After upgrading 3 different servers from Red Hat 6.2 to 7.1 and using the 2.4.2 kernel I am getting the following errors in my message log and I can't use the floppy or cdrom.

end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0

I also get the error if I try and mount the floppy.

Also getting this error

Uniform CD-ROM driver unloaded
hda: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache, DMA
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
cdrom: open failed.

I have searched the net and seen this issue posted but nobody has really explained how to correct it. I am hoping someone on this board can point me in the right direction. Thanks.....
 
Old 06-23-2001, 11:14 PM   #2
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Maybe look around in fstab and see if everything is there.

[david@xxxxxxx david]$ cat /etc/fstab
LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hdc1 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
 
Old 07-06-2001, 10:54 AM   #3
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Everything appears to be in check

/dev/sdb6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/sda5 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/sdb5 /var ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0


Any suggestions ?
 
Old 07-06-2001, 04:05 PM   #4
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have you checked the symlinks in /dev/ ?

is /dev/cdrom pointing to /dev/hda (that is rather a weird place for the cd )

it might be really obvious but it could be the problem

Alex
 
Old 07-09-2001, 07:42 AM   #5
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here is what i have in the /dev

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 24 2000 cdrom -> scd0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1474560 Sep 19 2000 floppy


Do I need to change the link for the cdrom ?
 
Old 07-09-2001, 05:10 PM   #6
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Your cdrom symbolic link is pointing to a scsi device. Is your cdrom a scsi cdrom or is it connected to an ide channel?
 
Old 07-10-2001, 06:29 AM   #7
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The CDROM is a SCSI CDROM attached to a SCSI interface....let me know if you need me to provide anymore information.....thanks
 
  


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