No /dev/sr0 in stretch upgrade from jessie

hilltownboy · 11-23-2017, 09:42 AM

ferrari:

Code:

user@debian:~$ sudo modprobe sr_mod
user@debian:~$ lsmod | grep sr
sr_mod                 24576  0
cdrom                  49152  1 sr_mod
pcmcia_rsrc            20480  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            20480  3 yenta_socket,pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc
scsi_mod              180224  6 sd_mod,usb_storage,libata,uas,sr_mod,sg
user@debian:~$ ll /dev/sr*
ls: cannot access '/dev/sr*': No such file or directory

hilltownboy · 11-23-2017, 10:49 AM

AwesomeMachine:

Booted with a data disk in external USB drive. No sr0 or dvd in /dev, but the following:

Code:

crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom    21,   1 Nov 23 11:33 sg1

ferrari · 11-23-2017, 12:33 PM

What does sg_map show?

Code:

~> sudo sg_map

For reference I get

Code:

[sudo] password for root: 
/dev/sg0  /dev/sda
/dev/sg1  /dev/sr0
~>

hilltownboy · 11-23-2017, 07:15 PM

ferrari:

Code:

user@debian:~$ sudo sg_map
sudo: sg_map: command not found

AwesomeMachine:
Booted with data disk in internal cd drive. No sr0,dvd,or cdrom in /dev.
Using eject:

Code:

user@debian:~$ eject
eject: tried to use `/dev/sr0' as device name but it is no block device
eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'

ferrari · 11-23-2017, 07:51 PM

It's part of the sg3-utils package...
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/sg3-utils

AwesomeMachine · 11-23-2017, 10:42 PM

It looks like the drive is /dev/sg1

ferrari · 11-24-2017, 03:22 AM

Quote:

It looks like the drive is /dev/sg1

I agree, but the sr_mod ( SCSI cdrom sr) driver is supposed to create the /dev/sr* device node for cdrom/dvd support AFAIU.

ferrari · 11-24-2017, 03:29 AM

Maybe this only applies to SCSI/SATA devices, and /dev/sg1 is all there is for a legacy IDE device?

ferrari · 11-24-2017, 03:35 AM

Another way to confirm...

Code:

cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info

AwesomeMachine · 11-24-2017, 03:37 AM

It's probably using the sg driver instead of the sr driver, because it's a USB CD drive.

ferrari · 11-24-2017, 03:45 AM

Quote:

It's probably using the sg driver instead of the sr driver, because it's a USB CD drive.

Ah, I see. I hadn't realised it was a USB-connected device.

hilltownboy · 11-24-2017, 10:51 AM

I have confused matters by using both the USB drive and the internal drive.

This morning my /dev has changed: now shows sg1 as well as sg0; also now shows sr0 as well as links from cdrom,cdrw,dvd and dvdrw to sr0.

Eject worked on the internal drive with no disk in it. But with a data disk in it I can't mount it or eject it:

Code:

user@debian:~$ mount /media/cdrom
mount: no medium found on /dev/sr0
user@debian:~$ mount /media/cdrom /mnt
mount: only root can do that
user@debian:~$ sudo mount /media/cdrom /mnt
mount:  /media/cdrom0 is not a block device
user@debian:~$ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt
mount: no medium found on /dev/sr0
user@debian:~$ eject
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Code:

user@debian:/dev$ ll |grep sr0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           3 Nov 24 11:32 cdrom -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           3 Nov 24 11:32 cdrw -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           3 Nov 24 11:32 dvd -> sr0
brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom    11,   0 Nov 24 11:32 sr0

hilltownboy · 11-24-2017, 11:23 AM

After the above I was now able to boot from a disk in the internal drive. It began to install Puppy linux to RAM but froze, so I had to shutdown. Now upon rebooting Debian Stretch /dev no longer has sr0 and links.

Code:

user@debian:~$ cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
cat: /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info: No such file or director

mrmazda · 11-24-2017, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hilltownboy

...my ancient BIOS...

Have you checked to see if there is an update available for that ancient BIOS?

ondoho · 11-25-2017, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hilltownboy

After the above I was now able to boot from a disk in the internal drive. It began to install Puppy linux to RAM but froze, so I had to shutdown. Now upon rebooting Debian Stretch /dev no longer has sr0 and links.

i'm beginning to suspect that your thread title is misleading, and your problems do not stem from an upgrade and even the mysteriously disappearing cd rom drive is just a symptom of something bigger - hardware trouble?