cdrom/cdr trouble or ide1 problem: BIG TROUBLE I think

[Kerry Hoath]

If one drive will open and the ohter will not sounds
like you have one of hte cables around the wrong way.
This would stop the drawer from opening or closing.
Try 1 device at a time. Each device
should have a drawer that should open and close when the machine is powered up.
If the drawer will not open and close make sure
cables are correctly in and check orientation. Don't plug cables whilst power is on.
If t he cdrom works then I would su spect cable not in or jumpering wrong on the cdrw.
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 10:33:57PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Ok, I've done some upgrades in debian lately (woody to sid) but i don't think
> the problem happened when I did the upgrade. I'm afraid this may be hardware
> failure with a capital H.
> I suddenly go and am still getting  "not a valid block device" for /dev/record
> and /dev/cdrom and the devices for which those are symbolic links. In my
> dmesg.txt, I do get
>     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe408-0xe40f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
> 
> but the cdrom and cdr aren't later recognized in the dmesg as they usually are
> and nothing is mentioned about the scsi drivers loading. to troubleshoot,
> changed back in kernel to ide/atapi with same results. The cdr (first drive on
> ide1) still opens and closes with a button push and actualy can still be read in
> DOS. The cdrom won't open unless you slide the tray open manually and doesn't
> respond to commands. Doesn't work in dOS either but I may just not have figured
> out how to load two cdrom drives in DOS.
> Worst of all, "cat /proc/interrupts" shows no irq for ide1 (it has been and
> still should be but isn't, 15). I have this terrible
> feeling it's a problem directly with my ide1 or at the very least a cable. If
> so, I am thankful it isn't ide0 so I can at least opperate my system.
> I imagine the final diagnosis will have to come from somebody opening this up
> and looking (and charging me a lot of money!) but does this sound like a
> hardware problem?
> Is there any other possible explanation that would involve fixing something on
> my OS rather than major repair?
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
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