Debian 2.0 (Cheapbyets CD) EZSTART does not recognize CD-ROM IRQ
I have a pretty standard 486 (circa 1995), and I am running DOS622, with my CD-ROM working fine under DOS, having installed the driver that came with the CD-ROM. But my CD Rom is not recognized by Debian EZSTART. EZSTART hangs after I tell it the color and it says something about examining my system. I then switch to Left-Alt F2 and here is what my dmesg says: hdd: IRQ probe failed (0) hdd: IRQ probe failed (0) hdd: Toshiba CD ROM XM-6102D ATAPI CDROM DRIVE hdd: IRQ probe failed (0) ide0 at 0x160-0x1fg, 0x36 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 If I then try to mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom my system hangs in the Left-Alt F2 virtual terminal, and I have to reboot. I would like to be able to find out what IRQ and i/o address my Toshiba CD-ROM is working under. MSD will not provide this information (at least I don't recognize it). Can I do it from the Left-Alt F2 virtual console in EZSTART? If I can find out what the irq and i/o address should be (using some GNU utility that is available on the Left-Alt F2 virtual console), how would I then get the system to accept these values for the CD-ROM? Any ideas will be welcomed. Thanks. joeh
RE: Debian 2.0 (Cheapbyets CD) EZSTART does not recognize CD-ROM IRQ
> hdd: IRQ probe failed (0) > hdd: IRQ probe failed (0) > hdd: Toshiba CD ROM XM-6102D ATAPI CDROM DRIVE > hdd: IRQ probe failed (0) > ide0 at 0x160-0x1fg, 0x36 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 > > If I then try to mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom my > system hangs in the Left-Alt F2 virtual terminal, and I have to > reboot. No use trying to do that if the CD couldn't be found by the kernel... > I would like to be able to find out what IRQ and i/o address my > Toshiba CD-ROM is working under. MSD will not provide this > information (at least I don't recognize it). Can I do it from > the Left-Alt F2 virtual console in EZSTART? > > If I can find out what the irq and i/o address should be (using > some GNU utility that is available on the Left-Alt F2 virtual > console), how would I then get the system to accept these values > for the CD-ROM? You could check the files under /proc. And when you find the addresses, use modconf to reinstall the driver. It will give you a chance to type any parameter after you select the driver. Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra Amdocs Brasil Ltda
