Re: ide-cd problem revisited - more brainpower needed

From: Alan Chandler
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 19:21:54 EST


On Sunday 12 December 2004 13:34, Alan Chandler wrote:
> On Sunday 12 December 2004 11:39, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Thanks ok so it moves with the drive. I'm beginning to wonder if it is
> > just a dud drive.
>
> I do too and am almost ready to throw in the towel (and I seem to be almost
> unique in experiencing these problems) - except

Towel now thrown.

...

> and
> linux 2.4 (using the ide-scsi module) the drive works perfectly.

Drive is obviously degrading, I tried it "one more time" today with 2.4, and
it only just managed to work. It managed to finish the task, but there were
several resets and error messages very similar to the ones in 2.6.

My apologies to others time that I might have wasted, although it personally
was a good learning experience on how the kernel works.
--
Alan Chandler
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi
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