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Gins 10-11-2005 04:55 AM

Urgent need of drivers
 
I badly need the drivers for my computer. My computer crashed and I lost almost everything. This was a catastrophe for me. I was doing some work with scripting languages and trying to install apache server, PHP, etc with the help of our friends in this forum. Recently Xavier was in the process of helping me. Everything went to hell. I must learn to live with these problems. The loses were severe as far as I am concerned. I haven't done any backup work for about 10 months. This was due to pressure of work and studies.

I bought a second-hand computer.

Now my Linux works. I have some problems with the screen colors and I can't mount the CD. The DVD player is completely dead. I believe all those problems will be solved when I install the drivers.

Linux works well. I can use the word processor and can access the Internet.

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A DVD player called Benq which is 16 speed [ I need a driver.]
I can't find any more details about the DVD player.

A CD RW player from Samsung. [ I need a driver.]

Geforce MMX 64 bit graphic card. [ I need a driver.]
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When it comes to Windows, you can easily find drivers. Please help me. I mean tell me the places to download the drivers. I am running Mandrake Linux 10.0 version.
Your help is profoundly appreciated.

jtshaw 10-11-2005 05:11 AM

You can get the driver for the Geforce card at Nvidia's driver page. As far as the other two things are concerned... they are supported by the base kernel. If you read your dmesg log after boot (type dmesg | less in a terminal) you should be able to see what the device tags are for those (/dev/hdx). Typically most distributions map the first one to /dev/cdrom.

Gins 10-11-2005 05:19 AM

Thanks jtshaw

The dmseg command gave a blank page.
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[nissanka@c83-250-91-54 nissanka]$ dmseg | less




Lines ? -?/? END
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I didn't log on as a root user.

Please tell me what to do now.

jtshaw 10-11-2005 05:21 AM

Try dmesg | less instead of dmseg | less and see what that does for you.

Gins 10-11-2005 05:52 AM

Linux version 2.6.3-7mdk (nplanel@n3.mandrakesoft.com) (gcc version 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk)) #1
Wed Mar 17 15:56:42 CET 2004
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000017ef0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 0000000017ef0000 - 0000000017ef3000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 0000000017ef3000 - 0000000017f00000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
382MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 98032
DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1
Normal zone: 93936 pages, LIFO batch:16
HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1
DMI 2.2 present.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 IntelR ) @ 0x000f6f90
ACPI: RSDT (v001 IntelR AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x17ef3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 IntelR AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x17ef3040
ACPI: DSDT (v001 INTELR AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000c) @ 0x00000000
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=309 devfs=mount splash=silent acpi=ht
bootsplash: silent mode.
Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling.
Found and enabled local APIC!
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 2048 (order 11: 16384 bytes)
Detected 901.852 MHz processor.
Using pmtmr for high-res timesource
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Memory: 384108k/392128k available (1816k kernel code, 7240k reserved, 849k data, 272k init, 0k highmem)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Calibrating delay loop... 1785.85 BogoMIPS
lines 1-33

Calibrating delay loop... 1785.85 BogoMIPS
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 53k freed
CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
CPU: L2 cache: 128K
CPU: After all inits, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000040
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
CPU: Intel Celeron (Coppermine) stepping 0a
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
calibrating APIC timer ...
..... CPU clock speed is 901.0512 MHz.
..... host bus clock speed is 100.0168 MHz.
NET: Registered protocol family 16
EISA bus registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb290, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1



mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040211
ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
PnPBIOS: Disabled
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX/ICH [8086/2410] at 0000:00:1f.0
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
ikconfig 0.7 with /proc/config*
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
devfs: 2004-01-31 Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
devfs: boot_options: 0x1
Initializing Cryptographic API
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
pty: 1024 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 0000:00:1f.6
PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 0000:00:1f.5
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 32000K size 1024 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ICH: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
ICH: chipset revision 2
ICH: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
hda: IC35L060AVER07-0, ATA DISK drive
Using anticipatory io scheduler
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14



hdd: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 120103200 sectors (61492 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(33)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 p11 >
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa0
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536)
NET: Registered protocol family 1
BIOS EDD facility v0.13 2004-Mar-09, 1 devices found
Please report your BIOS at http://linux.dell.com/edd/results.html
PM: Reading pmdisk image.
PM: Resume from disk failed.
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Mounted devfs on /dev
Mounted devfs on /dev
Freeing unused kernel memory: 272k freed
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbfs
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hub
drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.1
PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:00:1f.2



uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: UHCI Host Controller
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: irq 9, io base 0000d000
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 2
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6104
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usblp
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel i810 Chipset.
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 320M
agpgart: detected 4MB dedicated video ram.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xd0000000
Supermount version 2.0.4 for kernel 2.6
NTFS driver 2.1.6 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
NTFS volume version 3.1.
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd8826000, 00:90:47:01:cd:50, IRQ 11
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
NET: Registered protocol family 17
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 0.24, 15:45:24 Mar 17 2004
PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 0000:00:1f.5
PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 0000:00:1f.6
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
i810: Intel ICH 82801AA found at IO 0xd800 and 0xd400, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ 3
i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 2 channels.
i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 channel mode.
i810_audio: Resetting connection 0
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: ADS72 (Analog Devices AD1881A)
i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 Unable to map surround DAC's (or DAC's not present), total channels = 2
lines 127-160


parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
parport0: irq 7 detected
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(38)
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly.
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly.
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.3-7mdk
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 2.88M AMI BIOS
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
hdd: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM CD-R/RW CD-MRW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
SCSI subsystem initialized
st: Version 20040122, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c035fe60(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
The output is very large. Would you gather some information? Please tell me.

jtshaw 10-11-2005 06:00 AM

hdd: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
This tells you that /dev/hdd is your Samsung burner and that the kernel knows all about it.

More info can be gathered here later in the output:
hdd: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM CD-R/RW CD-MRW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20

It doesn't appear from what you've shown above that the DVD drive was detected at all. Are you sure the hardware is all physically installed properly?

Gins 10-11-2005 06:14 AM

Yes, I can put a CD into the Benq DVD and take it out. It physically works. It doesn't read. This old computer had this Benq DVD player. That fellow worked with Windows. The Samsung CD is from my old computer. Its motherboard was burnt. The graphic card was burnt. The power supply was burnt. The SDRAM modules were burnt.

Samsung is my old CD burner. It doesn't work with DVD's. I can't mount it. It doesn't accept. It doesn't read the CD's as it did it before. I had difficulties installing Mandrake Linux 10.0 version. I had to try 30 or 40 times. It doesn't read the way it did it before. I believe the problems are in the driver.

The colors are not good on the screen. You mentioned the right place to download the drivers. I will dowonload soon.What shall I do? Please tell me.

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The following is the message when I tried to mount the cd

[root@c83-250-91-54 nissanka]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@c83-250-91-54 nissanka]#

jtshaw 10-11-2005 06:18 AM

Just a guess, but if everything else in the old computer was messed up then you might want to try removing the Samsung drive. If it is on the same bus as the BenQ drive it could causing your problem.

Once you install the nvidia drivers (make sure to follow all the directions) your display quality under X should improve.

Gins 10-11-2005 06:19 AM

The following is the message when I tried to mount the cd

[root@c83-250-91-54 nissanka]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@c83-250-91-54 nissanka]#

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I removed the CD and tried again. The following is the message.

[root@c83-250-91-54 nissanka]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: No medium found
[root@c83-250-91-54 nissanka]#

Gins 10-11-2005 06:38 AM

Now I am leaving for the gym. I must do circuit training. I will be back after about 5 hours. I got to attend a few other things in town affter the training.
Please leave your message. I profoundly appreciate your help.

phil.d.g 10-11-2005 07:22 AM

The fact that your DVD driver drawer opens and closes only means the molex connector is plugged in and there is power. If they are on the same IDE channel make sure the master/slave settings are right and that the IDE cable isn't damaged or not properly plugged in. If so, take out the Samsung (the one from the damaged computer) drive as said before and try mounting a CD or DVD in the DVD drive, make sure the CD/DVD is a good'un.

the nvidia drivers as pointed out by jtshaw will take care of your graphics card just make sure to follow the instructions

Gins 10-11-2005 01:17 PM

I thank both phll.d.g and jtshaw for the replies. I will download the Nvida drivers and install. Please keep a good watch on this thread for the next 48 hours or so. My top priority is fixing the computer.

Gins 10-11-2005 02:54 PM

It was difficult for me to judge the correct driver for my graphic card. They have several drivers. I asked their forum to help selecting the correct driver. I am waiting an answer from them.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=57991

Gins 10-12-2005 03:44 AM

They want to know my Linux architecture. Is it IA32 or IA64?

How do I find out this?

Gins 10-12-2005 04:07 AM

I just wrote the dmesg command and got the following output. This is not the entire output. This is just a part of the output. It is very long.

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parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
parport0: irq 7 detected
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(38)
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly.
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly.
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.3-7mdk
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 2.88M AMI BIOS
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
SCSI subsystem initialized
st: Version 20040122, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c035fe60(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x03)
[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$


It mentions about a confusion. What is it?

phil.d.g 10-12-2005 04:50 AM

Well I don't know what is wrong with it, but have you made sure the IDE cable is plugged in and the master/slave setting is correct. Are you sure the drive works?

Since dmesg says that the CD is on hdd I suspect not, unless you have not followed our reccommendations and removed the potentially damaged samsung optical drive

Gins 10-12-2005 05:26 AM

Thanks Phll
My Samsung CD Burner works. It doesn't work for its full capacity. For example, I can't mount it. So I can't use my CDs. The BenQ is complely dead.

Now I must shut down the computer and look for the faulty cables. I will come back to you all soon.

jtshaw 10-12-2005 06:57 AM

IA32 = x86 processors. 486's, Pentiums (I-IV), Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempuron, ect.
IA64 = Itanium I & II processors
AMD64/x86_64 = Pentium IV w/ EMT64, Athlon 64/FX, Opterons, Xeons w/ EMT64

<edit=sorry, appears you are already tring this....>
Are those drive errors occuring with the Samsung drive? It sounds like it got damaged when the other equipment got damaged. Have you tried removing it completely and just using the benQ DVD drive and seeing if that will work by itself?

phil.d.g 10-12-2005 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gins
Thanks Phll
Not really that important, but I think you'll find its an i in Phil

Can you tell us if you have the Samsung on the Secondary Master or Secondary Slave or elsewhere, the errors in dmesg are for the slave device on the secondary IDE cable

jtshaw 10-12-2005 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by phil.d.g

Can you tell us if you have the Samsung on the Secondary Master or Secondary Slave or elsewhere, the errors in dmesg are for the slave device on the secondary IDE cable

Unless he has swapped the cable from when he pasted parts of his dmesg it is on the secondary slave (/dev/hdd).

phil.d.g 10-12-2005 07:52 AM

I was thinking maybe the DVD drive is broken, or he has master/slave settings mixed up

jtshaw 10-12-2005 07:59 AM

Ya... this reeks of a hardware problem....

Gins 10-12-2005 08:30 AM

I thank everybody for helping me
I must find out which is Master and which is slave. This will take time. I will find this out and come back to you again.

I have a diskette called 'Hwinfo' . I must start the computer with the diskette inside. It will tell me the details. This diskette is 2 or 3 years old. I got it from a friend of mine. I hope it will work.

Please keep a good watch on this thread when time permits.

Gins 10-12-2005 03:48 PM

It was IDE Secondary Slave --- Samsung CD -R /RW SW 25
No more.

Then I changed the jumper of the BenQ DVD-ROM to Master.
Afterwards, the things have changed. Please read the following:

IDE Secondary Master is BenQ DVD-ROM 16X
IDE Secondary Slave is Samsung CD -R /RW SW-25
[When your computer starts, you press the 'Delete' button to have a look into the configuration. I got the above details from doing it.]
{ The harddrive is the Primary Master.}

However, I can't mount the CDs. I get the same old message.
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[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$ dmesg | less
The above command gave me the following strange output.


tatus=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x64Aborted Command LastFailedSense 0x06
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: packet command error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: packet command error: error=0x04
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
hdd: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: packet command error: error=0x04
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: packet command error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: packet command error: error=0x04
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: packet command error: error=0x04
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command



hdd: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: request sense failure: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: request sense failure: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x19 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command
hdd: status error: status=0x11 { SeekComplete Error }
hdd: status error: error=0x04Aborted Command

What is the problem? What shall I do now?

jtshaw 10-12-2005 05:04 PM

Can you mount a cd in /dev/hdc (which should be the device tag for the BenQ DVD drive)?

Gins 10-12-2005 05:25 PM

Thanks jtshaw for the reply. I really appreciate your help.

[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: No medium found
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#

The above is without the CD in the BenQ drive.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#

The above is with the CD in the BenQ drive.
[ It seems now the system doesn't recognize the Samung drive.]


How do I do the mounting you suggested. Please tell me the command.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I tried the following; it didn't work.

[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /dev/hdc/cdrom /mnt/hdc/cdrom
mount: mount point /mnt/hdc/cdrom does not exist
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /dev/hdc/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: special device /dev/hdc/cdrom does not exist
(a path prefix is not a directory)

[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#


What shall I do now?

Gins 10-13-2005 05:50 AM

I badly need your help. Please tell me how to proceed.

mr_demilord 10-13-2005 05:59 AM

Looks like the drive is dead, can you try it with a other drive?

Gins 10-13-2005 07:08 AM

I got a boot CD called Hiren's Boot CD.

You could start the computer with it. I tried with it. Both of the drives recognized it. It has a program called 'HWinfo'. It tells you the details as to the computer.
So both of the drives recognize the Boot CD. I wouldn't think it is dead.

phil.d.g 10-13-2005 07:29 AM

Put a CD in the BenQ drive and type as root
Code:

mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
what happens?
and please post the output of this command
Code:

ls -l /dev/cdrom

Gins 10-13-2005 07:41 AM

I put a CD in the BenQ and did exactly what you suggested.


[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$ su root
Password:
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here is the output of the other command

'[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# ls -l /dev/cdrom
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 okt 13 13:15 /dev/cdrom -> cdroms/cdrom0
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# ls -l /dev/cdrom
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I repeated the above without logging on as a root user. Please read the following:


[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 okt 13 13:15 /dev/cdrom -> cdroms/cdrom0
[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$

phil.d.g 10-13-2005 08:09 AM

post the contents of
Code:

cat /etc/fstab
please

Gins 10-13-2005 08:22 AM

Here it is.

[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$ cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda9 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda10 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/win_h vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda11 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2
[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$

Gins 10-13-2005 08:28 AM

By the way, those hda9, hda10 and hda11 belong to Linux.

Those hda2, hda5 are Windows XP partitions. Don't care about them. I am not interested in them.

Now I will leave for the gym and will be away for a few hours.

I deeply appreciate your help. Leave your messages. I will attend them as soon as possible.

I am in Europe. Are you based in the USA or in Europe?

Gins 10-13-2005 10:28 AM

What shall I do now? Please tell me.


I badly need your help.

ioerror 10-13-2005 11:20 AM

Quote:

They want to know my Linux architecture. Is it IA32 or IA64?

How do I find out this?
cat /proc/cpuinfo

Gins 10-13-2005 11:30 AM

Thanks IOerror

My urgent requirement is to fix the problem. I can't mount the CDs. Please tell me how to solve the problem.


The following is the outpput:

[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Celeron (Coppermine)
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 901.863
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 1785.85

[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$

ioerror 10-13-2005 12:24 PM

A Celeron is IA32.

As for the CD, hmm, you say you can boot from it, so it obviously works?

What boot parameters are you using? If you're using ide-scsi (although that should be mentioned in dmesg I think), then /dev/cdrom should be pointing to a SCSI device such as /dev/sr0 (though it looks like you're using devfs, so it'll be something different).

Gins 10-13-2005 12:41 PM

Thanks Ioerror

I have already posted the message from 'dmesg' command. You could read it. I am clueless about the message from this 'dmseg' command.

phil.d.g 10-13-2005 01:01 PM

Ok, try this. Put your CD in the samsung and just issue a
Code:

mount /mnt/cdrom
Oh, and remember we are all volunteers, you don't have a right to recieve our help - it is a privalege. Most of us have lifes outside of LQ that need attending to every now and again, so bear that in mind when bumping your thread after only two hours

Gins 10-13-2005 01:31 PM

The Samsung gave the following:
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: No medium found
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The BenQ gave the following:

[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /mnt/cdrom
/dev/hdd: Input/output error
mount: /dev/hdd: can't read superblock
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#

phil.d.g 10-13-2005 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gins
The Samsung gave the following:
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: No medium found
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#

Oh, nevermind, I'm being silly.

Copy /etc/fstab to your home dir so you have a backup, then edit this line:
Code:

/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
so that it reads
Code:

/dev/hdd    /mnt/cdrom    iso9660    user,noauto,ro,exec    0    0
save it, then put your CD in the benQ drive and try
Code:

mount /mnt/cdrom
/mnt/cdrom points to your BenQ drive, we'll worry about the samsung one later on

Gins 10-13-2005 01:53 PM

This is how it looks like.
---------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/hda9 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda10 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/win_h vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda11 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2
~


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I will edit it as you have suggested.

Gins 10-13-2005 02:02 PM

I edit it. Now it is as follows:

[root@c83-250-90-204 etc]# vi fstab
[root@c83-250-90-204 etc]# cat fstab
/dev/hda9 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda10 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/win_h vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda11 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2

Gins 10-13-2005 02:10 PM

It seems the CD has gone to hell. The following is the output.

[nissanka@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]$ su root
Password:
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: No medium found

phil.d.g 10-13-2005 02:10 PM

and?


...Does the CD mount?

Gins 10-13-2005 02:31 PM

No.

[root@c83-250-90-204 mnt]# ls
cdrom/ cdrom2/ floppy/ win_d/ win_h/
[root@c83-250-90-204 mnt]# cd cdrom
[root@c83-250-90-204 cdrom]# ls
[root@c83-250-90-204 cdrom]#

phil.d.g 10-13-2005 02:39 PM

Well whats the error when you try and mount it?
Code:

mount /mnt/cdrom

Gins 10-13-2005 02:44 PM

Here are the two outputs.

[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]# mount /mnt /cdrom
mount: mount point /cdrom does not exist
[root@c83-250-90-204 nissanka]#

rshaw 10-13-2005 02:49 PM

this isn't a music cd is it?


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