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["Greg Wallace" <jgregw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, August 31, 2005 @ 5:47 PM, Adam Vazquez wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>
>From:  "Greg Wallace" <jgregw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subj:  [SLE] CD Problem
>Date:  Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:51 pm
>Size:  4K
>To:  <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx>


>I am in the process of upgrading my old 8.1 system to the latest version.
I
>want to go through each version in order to minimize my chances of problems
>along the way (I have all of the boxed sets).  So, I started with step 1
>today -- upgrade 8.1 to 8.2.  Well, that fouled up right off of the bat and
>completely hosed my system.  I chose the installation option of doing a
>backup before proceding and it went off into never never land.  Eventually,
>I powered down the machine and re-booting but it was pretty much trashed.
I
>figured the effort to try to get that cleaned up would be more trouble than
>it was worth. So, I used a 3rd party system recovery tool to get my
original
>8.1 back and then made a second pass at the upgrade (and this time I
skipped
>that backup step).  Well, it worked, but only partially.  I do have 8.2 up
>and running, but I was unable to complete the installation of all of the
new
>software components, which I assume includes some new YaST components that
>I’ll need.  I got through the first CD but that’s it.  After that, you have
>to re-boot and finish the installation from your booted system using the
>remaining CDs (2-5).  Unfortunately, for some reason I can no longer access
>my CD device once I reboot.  The Installation CD system read CD1 just fine,
>but once I’m booted up in my new 8.2, it is inaccessible.  So, I was unable
>to get any of the updates on cds 2-5.  I tried going back and reinstalling
>to pick those up but the same thing keeps happening.  It re-boots, asked
for
>CD2, then says it can’t read it.  I kept getting some error about unable to
>read the CD device.

>When I enter cdrecord –scanbus, here’s what it says –

>linux:~ # cdrecord -scanbus
>Cdrecord 1.11a28 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
>cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open
>SCSI driver.
>cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are
>root.
>linux:~ #

>So, right now I cannot read a CD.  The message above mentions SCSI, though
I
>do not have a SCSI device.  I have occasionally seen messages relating to
>SCSI in the past, but I just ignored them.  I think I may have somehow
>initially picked that option when I first got SuSE (the 8.1 version I am
>coming from).

>>Here’s my fstab.  I have a Samsung CD RW DVD R device –

>># Updated by Storix System Installation
>>/dev/hda2               /                       ext3    defaults        1
1
>>devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  mode=0620,gid=5 0
0
>>/dev/cdrecorder         /media/cdrecorder       auto
ro,noauto,user,exec
0 0
>>/dev/cdrom              /media/cdrom            auto
ro,noauto,user,exec
0 0
>>/dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto    noauto,user,sync 0
0
>>/dev/sda1               /media/sda1             auto    noauto,user,exec 0
0
>>/dev/sda2               /media/sda5             ext2    noauto          0
0
>>proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0
0
>>usbdevfs                /proc/bus/usb           usbdevfs noauto          0
0
>>/dev/hda1               swap                    swap    pri=42          0
0\

>>The comment at the top was evidently placed in there when I used Storix to
>>recover the system after that first failed installation attempt.  

>>     I did go back through this entire process a second time -- recovering
>>with Storix and re-installing 8.2 again.  Same thing.  One thing I
noticed,
>>though, is that after the Storix restore and before upgrading to 8.2, the
>>cdrecord –scanbus seemed to show good output.  0,0,0 showed Samsung as the
>>device.  So it looks like the upgrade to 8.2 is where this is getting
hosed.
>>But it could also be that the Storix restore introduced some glitch that
>>doesn’t show up until I do the upgrade.  I can’t go back to the way it was
>>before that Storix restore unless I do a YaST restore.  That’s a very
long,
>>drawn out process and I’m hoping I can just somehow get this CD glitch
fixed
>>and move on without having to go through that.  The rest of my system
seems
>>to be working just fine.  Any help greatly appreciated.

>>Yours truly,
>>Greg Wallace
>>Hi Greg. 

>>Two questions.....WHY? WHY?

>>You are munging up the scsi-emulation modules that let you see the cdrom
>>drives as scsi devices.

>>You must have a reason that defys logic.

>>Just upgrade to the latest and use apt-get for the rest or make sure you
>>upgrade the kernel and all the NEEDED modules before you repeat your
>>personal torture.

>>WHY? 

>>Adam 

I haven't done anything yet!  I just need my CD device to start working
again.  I really don't understand how SCSI ties to CD's, but it seems like
there must be some relation in the software, per what you say.  But again,
all I really want to do is get my CD device working again.

Greg W