Bad CDROM hangs the system ?

Enrico Demarin (mccoy@smc.it)
Fri, 13 Dec 1996 02:14:12 +0100

I just found a bad CDROM. When i try to copy some files from that CD
from Linux (2.0.27) the system becomes unuseable, ctrlaltdel doesnt
work, i can't login or issue commands. And my syslog with the following
messages :

(oh, plain dos just says Retry, Ignore... :(

Dec 13 01:47:01 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
Dec 13 01:47:01 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
Dec 13 01:47:07 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
Dec 13 01:47:07 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
Dec 13 01:47:12 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
Dec 13 01:47:12 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
Dec 13 01:47:18 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
Dec 13 01:47:18 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
Dec 13 01:47:18 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Dec 13 01:47:24 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
Dec 13 01:47:24 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
Dec 13 01:47:29 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
Dec 13 01:47:29 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
Dec 13 01:47:29 bigwhoop kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Dec 13 01:47:29 bigwhoop kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40,
sector 82714
5

Any hint ?

thanx in advance,
Enrico