Norbert Tretkowski writes:
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> On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 12:35:09AM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 02:30:32PM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote:
> >=20
> > > Norbert Tretkowski writes:
> >=20
> > > > after the Update from Linux 2.2.15 and devfs 99.12 to Linux 2.2.16 and
> > > > devfs 99.14 its no longer possible to access my LS-120:
> > > >=20
> > > > root@nexus:~# modprobe ide-floppy
> > > > hdd: The drive reports both 126222336 and 0 bytes as its capacity
> > >=20
> > > Bug in floppy driver?
> >=20
> > Not necessarily.
> > This is normal e.g. when the drive had no media.
> >=20
> > Norbert, could you report more details?
> > (What happens under 2.2.15 with and without media?
> > What happens under 2.2.16 with and without media?
> > Does having devfs make a difference?)
>
> With 2.2.15 its the same as with 2.2.16 while loading the module.
>
> With media in drive:
> root@nexus:~# modprobe ide-floppy
> hdd: The drive reports both 126222336 and 126877696 bytes as its capacity
>
> Without media:
> root@nexus:~# modprobe ide-floppy
> hdd: The drive reports both 126222336 and 0 bytes as its capacity
>
> The only difference from 2.2.15 to 2.2.16 is that the device for the
> ls-120 is no longer created.
>
> I'm using Debian 2.1 with glibc 2.1.3, Kernel 2.2.16 with devfs, int1,
> openwall and reiserfs. Tomorrow I'll try 2.2.16 only with devfs and without
> the other patches.
OK, I suspect I know what the problem is. Instead of trying to access
the device via the /dev/discs hierarchy, go directly to the /dev/ide
hierarchy. So try accessing something like:
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/disc
and tell me what happens.
Regards,
Richard....
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