> As remounting fixes the problem, I think it doesn't have to do anything > with the IDE driver, right? The device node should always be connected > with the physical device, even if unmount. So the "problem" seems to be
The IDE driver handles retries, although for IDE the drive itself also handles them too by default. > So the question is: What exactly will this "ISO 9660 driver" do, if > there is a read error? Will it mark this "failed byte" as "unreadable" > and will never try again, or will it try again for at least one ore more > times? It knows nothing about retry - that happens lower down. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/