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I had these same problems with the Mandrake 8.0 ISO. I fixed them by manually loading the CD kernel module as root: insmod sr_mod Worked like a charm. I was also distressed when I found out the module didn't autoload. Here's the description of my SCSI card from /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0: Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter Ultra-160/m LVD/SE Wide Controller at PCI 1/1/0 Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Tuesday 20 February 2001 00:44, Robin Cook wrote: > >> Cannot mount either my scsi cdrom drive or scsi cd-r drive. >> >> I get unknown device when I try cdrom, cdrom1, cdrom2, /dev/scd0, >> /dev/scd1. >> >> I get not a valid block device when I try /dev/sdc, /dev/sdc1, /dev/sdd, >> /dev/sdd1, /dev/sde, /dev/sde1 >> >> Hardware================================================================== >> >> Adapetec 2940 >> HD1 - scsi id 0 >> HD2 - scsi id 1 >> CD-Rom - scsi id 3 Plexstor UltraPlex 40max >> CD-R - scsi id 4 Plexstor PlexWriter 8/2/20 >> >> From fstab================================================================ >> >> /dev/sdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 >> /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 >> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 >> /dev/sda4 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 >> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 >> /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 >> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev 0 0 >> none /proc proc defaults 0 0 >> /dev/sda3 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2 >> /dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 >> >> From /dev================================================================= >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 16 02:56 /dev/cdrom -> scd0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 16 02:57 /dev/cdrom1 -> >> /dev/scd1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 16 02:56 >> /dev/cdrom2 -> scd1 >> >> brw-rw---- 1 rcook cdrom 11, 0 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/scd0 >> brw-rw---- 1 rcook cdrom 11, 1 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/scd1 >> brw-rw---- 1 rcook cdwriter 11, 2 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/scd2 >> brw-rw---- 1 rcook cdwriter 11, 3 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/scd3 >> brw-rw---- 1 rcook cdwriter 11, 4 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/scd4 >> brw-rw---- 1 rcook cdwriter 11, 5 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/scd5 >> brw-rw---- 1 rcook cdwriter 11, 6 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/scd6 >> brw-rw---- 1 rcook cdwriter 11, 7 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/scd7 >> >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sda >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sda1 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sda2 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 3 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sda3 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 4 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sda4 >> >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 16 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sdb >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 17 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sdb1 >> >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 32 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sdc >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 33 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sdc1 >> >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 48 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sdd >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 49 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sdd1 >> >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 64 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sde >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 65 Jan 17 05:18 /dev/sde1 > > > I have the same symptoms with Adapetec 2940UA and the 2.4 kernel. It works > OK with 2.2.18, but this is stopping me from using 2.4 :-(
