I don't have the optimisations enabled....I have tried everything to get it
going...it's been frusterating to the nth degree....I have a standard
floppy...like I said it works fine in 7.0 after doing the fix (cd /dev && rm
cdrom && ln -s scd0 cdrom) no problems at all....but install 7.1 and it
refuses to work...removes the drive from bios locks on and I can't even
eject the darn thing until I power completely down.....I dunno guy....it's
about to drive me nuts...LOL
Jim
> The information that it works in 7.0 and doesn't in 7.1 is
> suggestive of something else. The creative CDRW 4224 is enabled
> for DMA, and 7.1 would likely use it by default.
>
> Now I do assume you are trying to open a data disk and not an
> audio disk (because the audio disk doesn't use "files" per se)
> and it freezes on you. This suggests it might be overdriven or
> be treated as a HDD.
>
> I have a Creative CDRW (same model) on my K6-2 500 system and 7.1
> worked the first time, but I did NOT choose during the install to
> enable hard disk optimisations. I later enabled them for the
> hard drive alone using the hdparm command. (and besides man
> hdparm, there is VERY useful discussion of it at
> http://forum.mandrakesoft.com) If you enabled them during the
> 7.1 install, that might be something to back off a notch and see
> what happens.
>
> Nexxt question--do you have a standard floppy or an LS120/LX120?
> Special considerations apply to those little demons, but there
> are workarounds. I just moved from an LS120 to a regular
> floppy--no duplication.
>
> I don't understand why I am unable to duplicate the behavior
> here. What else is different in our systems? I just moved the
> CDRW to another computer with a K6-2 300 and a VIA MVP3
> chipset. The other was a VIA MVP4. Still no duplication.
>
> My drive works under 7.0 and 7.1. This is most odd.
>
> I will try reinstall tomorrow and enable HD optimisation and see
> if it makes a difference.
>
> Actually 7.0 should introduce a problem with a CDRW. The
> 'append="ide-scsi"' is set up and the module loaded but the
>
> ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrw
>
> is NOT performed.
>
> So you cannot access it under 7.0 til you tweak. That problem
> was corrected in 7.1.
>
> I'll let you know if I duplicate the behavior under 7.1 that you
> are experiencing.
>
> Civileme
>
>
