On Tuesday 04 December 2001 02:07 pm, you wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:32:24 +0100
>
> Helle Espen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have Dell inspiron 3800.
> > Have had Linux mandrake 7.? (1?) on it before without any problem.
> > Tried now to install LM 8.1, and I am not able to do it.
> > It hangs when it tries to use the CDROM (But it is able to use it
> > before.Strange......)
> > Can anyone please help me?
> >
> >
> >
> > Here comes what I think is relevant of kernel messages:
> > <4> ide0 BM-DMA at 0x860-0x0867, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hda:pio
> > <4> ide1 BM-DMA at 0x868-0x086f, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdc:pio
>
> Strange, it mentions hda for ide0 (twice) _and_ ide1 ...
>
> > ....
> > hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX700E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM DRIVER
> > ....
> > <4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> > <4>hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM-RW drive, 8192kB Cache, DMA
> > <6>Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> > <6>SCSI subsstemdriver Revision: 1.0
> > <7>ISO 9660 Extentions: RRIP_1991A
> > <4>hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> > }
> > <4>hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x34
> > <4>hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> > }
> > <4>hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x34
> > <4>ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_lostirq func only: 13
> > <4>hdc: lost innterrupt
> > <4>ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_lostirq func only: 13
> > <4>hdc: lost interrupt
> >
> > And continuing.
> > Tries also to reset ATAPI and disable DMA
>
> Looks like a cdrom hardware problem :( Is this a laptop ?
>
> -Frans
--
Check the cdrom,
Saw a report where Dell sets the jumpers to cable select.
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