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From: "Peter Martin" <pjmartin@×××××.ca> |
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To: <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o> |
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Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 11:07 AM |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Can't mount cdrom? |
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> Duncan wrote: |
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>>Drake Donahue posted <004b01c6083a$fc0acf10$0200a8c0@××××××××.us>, |
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>>excerpted below, on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:34:45 -0500: |
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>>><snipping madly> |
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>>>found this and was reminded that i do not know the cd in question is |
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>>>master on the second ide controller |
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>>>Your first task is to determine the device name. Refer to the chart |
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>>>below: |
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>>> IDE Port Master/slave Device |
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>>> 1 master /dev/hda |
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>>> 1 slave /dev/hdb |
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>>> 2 master /dev/hdc |
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> As I understand it, Master is the device on the end of the cable. My HD is |
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> on the end of one cable and is working fine as hda. My cdrom is at the end |
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> of the other cable, and works fine while booting from the cd. I beleive |
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> that my mother board only has 2 IDE ports and if I want more drives it |
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> will be on sata. |
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Master/slave is usually determined by jumpers on the device. |
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It is pretty clear the cd is at hdc, however running eject hdc(should) and |
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eject hdd(shouldn't) will confirm identity and the lowest level of function. |
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> From other post, I did 'modprobe ide-cd', result; |
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> Fatal: module ide-cd not found. |
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this is as it should be, if you used yes vice m in menuconfig on the item |
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ata/atapi/mfm/rll support under device drivers. |
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> Peter |
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>>That's what I was wondering as well, but I thought /surely/ it had been |
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>>covered already, and I must have missed it. Glad to see it specifically |
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>>covered here, however, just in case. |
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