Hi All, I have a MSI VIA KM400A mother board with sata support. I have 2 ATA drives connected to IDE0, 2 cdrom drives connected to IDE1 and 1 SATA drive. I am using suse 9.1. The problem is my dvd writer does not get detected. The only way for me to get the dvd writer detected is to boot off the 9.1 dvd from the dvd writer -> boot from hard drive. in /proc/ide i see the links to the hard drives and cdrom drives but the link to the dvd writer is not there. But when i boot off the dvd it will be created. What creates the ide under proc? I also ran hwinfo and i get the following for my dvd write: 43: IDE 06.0: 10602 CD-ROM (DVD-RAM) [Created at block.194] Unique ID: _jAI.4o0wexCLGnD Parent ID: rKvl.mcsZ0a690T4 SysFS ID: /block/hdg SysFS BusID: 3.0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.1/ide3/3.0 Hardware Class: cdrom Model: "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B" Vendor: "HL-DT-ST" Device: "DVDRAM GSA-4120B" Revision: "A100" Serial ID: "K3G45S25406" Driver: "VIA IDE", "ide-cdrom" Device File: /dev/by-path/pci-0000:00:0f.1-ide-1:0 Device Files: /dev/hdg, /dev/by-path/pci-0000:00:0f.1-ide-1:0, /dev/by-id/HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-4120_K3G45S2540 Device Number: block 34:0 Features: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVDRAM Size: 8059968 sectors a 512 bytes Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=no, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #19 (IDE interface) Why wont my dvd writer get detected when booting normaly? Thanks Regards _____________________________________________________________________ For super low premiums, click here http://www.dialdirect.co.za/quote
I got it working by swoping the cdrw/dvd around with the writer. Now my writer is slave and cdrw/dvd is master. Why did i have to do that to get it working? Windows XP had no problems at all. On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:42:55 +0200 "it clown" <suse@mailbox.co.za> wrote:
Hi All,
I have a MSI VIA KM400A mother board with sata support. I have 2 ATA drives connected to IDE0, 2 cdrom drives connected to IDE1 and 1 SATA drive. I am using suse 9.1.
The problem is my dvd writer does not get detected. The only way for me to get the dvd writer detected is to boot off the 9.1 dvd from the dvd writer -> boot from hard drive.
in /proc/ide
i see the links to the hard drives and cdrom drives but the link to the dvd writer is not there. But when i boot off the dvd it will be created. What creates the ide under proc?
I also ran hwinfo and i get the following for my dvd write:
43: IDE 06.0: 10602 CD-ROM (DVD-RAM) [Created at block.194] Unique ID: _jAI.4o0wexCLGnD Parent ID: rKvl.mcsZ0a690T4 SysFS ID: /block/hdg SysFS BusID: 3.0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.1/ide3/3.0 Hardware Class: cdrom Model: "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B" Vendor: "HL-DT-ST" Device: "DVDRAM GSA-4120B" Revision: "A100" Serial ID: "K3G45S25406" Driver: "VIA IDE", "ide-cdrom" Device File: /dev/by-path/pci-0000:00:0f.1-ide-1:0 Device Files: /dev/hdg, /dev/by-path/pci-0000:00:0f.1-ide-1:0, /dev/by-id/HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-4120_K3G45S2540 Device Number: block 34:0 Features: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVDRAM Size: 8059968 sectors a 512 bytes Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=no, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #19 (IDE interface)
Why wont my dvd writer get detected when booting normaly?
Thanks Regards
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* it clown <suse@mailbox.co.za> [06-18-05 09:53]:
Why did i have to do that to get it working? Windows XP had no problems at all.
top posting forgiven, full quote removed. Are you not running linux. Windoz of any nature has *nothing* to do with anything and will *not* tell you that hardware is *good*. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery
Why do i have to move my hardware around for it to work in suse and in windows it worked fine with out moving it around? Windows is just a test to see if things are working or not. On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:54:27 -0500 Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@gmail.com> wrote:
* it clown <suse@mailbox.co.za> [06-18-05 09:53]:
Why did i have to do that to get it working? Windows XP had no problems at all.
top posting forgiven, full quote removed.
Are you not running linux. Windoz of any nature has *nothing* to do with anything and will *not* tell you that hardware is *good*. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery
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* it clown <suse@mailbox.co.za> [06-18-05 11:24]:
Why do i have to move my hardware around for it to work in suse and in windows it worked fine with out moving it around? Windows is just a test to see if things are working or not.
again: top posting forgiven, full quote removed. Windoz is *not* a test to show proper operation of hardware. Why *did* you "move" your hardware around, it was *your* decision? There must be a basis for moving it. I did not see anyone here recommend that action. What didn't "work"? Why didn't it "work"? Did you check with hwinfo? Was it listed in /etc/fstab? When you insert a disk, what appears in /var/log/messages? -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery
I was trying anything to see why my dvd writer was not being detected. It was working fine on my previouse mother board on ide1 master. With my new mother board with sata support it was not getting detected. Its just strange to get it working i had to make my dvd write slave. The problem came in with the sata. When i disable sata my dvd writer will work again on ide1 master. Is there a bug in suse 9.1 or did i do something wrong? I would just like to know why did i have to make my dvd writer slave. Is there a fix for it? The logs did not show anything. Thanks Regards On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:41:09 -0500 Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@gmail.com> wrote:
* it clown <suse@mailbox.co.za> [06-18-05 11:24]:
Why do i have to move my hardware around for it to work in suse and in windows it worked fine with out moving it around? Windows is just a test to see if things are working or not.
again: top posting forgiven, full quote removed.
Windoz is *not* a test to show proper operation of hardware.
Why *did* you "move" your hardware around, it was *your* decision? There must be a basis for moving it. I did not see anyone here recommend that action.
What didn't "work"? Why didn't it "work"? Did you check with hwinfo? Was it listed in /etc/fstab? When you insert a disk, what appears in /var/log/messages? -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery
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Sat, 18 Jun 2005, by ptilopteri@gmail.com:
* it clown <suse@mailbox.co.za> [06-18-05 11:24]:
Why do i have to move my hardware around for it to work in suse and in windows it worked fine with out moving it around? Windows is just a test to see if things are working or not.
again: top posting forgiven, full quote removed.
You are way more forgiving than I would be.. And of course, the OP abuses such forgiveness without hesitation. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 9.2 + Jabber: muadib@jabber.xs4all.nl Kernel 2.6.8 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply.
On Saturday 18 June 2005 17:14, Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:
again: top posting forgiven, full quote removed. You are way more forgiving than I would be.. And of course, the OP abuses such forgiveness without hesitation.
When will people get tired of resurrecting this same meaningless argument which has already been argued to death in hundreds of postings on this list? Bryan ******************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional KDE 3.3.0 KMail 1.7.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson@earthlink.net ********************************************************
About top/bottom posting: I hate to say this, but could this thread be deleted? The original thread apparently had nothing to do with netiquette, or however you spell it, or with top/bottom answering. Personally, I don't care about where answering is done. Actually, the most informative are interactive, with the answers interspersed with the questions. But this back-biting kind of posting is not only wasting bandwidth, but must be turning off people who might find use of this fine list. --doug -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.8/22 - Release Date: 6/17/2005
On Sunday 19 June 2005 04:20, Doug McGarrett wrote:
About top/bottom posting:
I hate to say this, but could this thread be deleted? The original thread apparently had nothing to do with netiquette, or however you spell it, or with top/bottom answering.
Personally, I don't care about where answering is done. Actually, the most informative are interactive, with the answers interspersed with the questions. But this back-biting kind of posting is not only wasting bandwidth, but must be turning off people who might find use of this fine list.
--doug
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WHY do people find it so dam hard to get it into there skulls DO NOT TOP POST is that hard to break down into single words or something sheezzee pete . -- If Bill Gates had gotten LAID at High School do YOU think there would be a Microsoft ? Of course NOT ! You gotta spend a lot of time at your school Locker stuffing underware up your ass to think , I am going to take on the worlds Computer Industry -------:heard on Cyber Radio.:-------
Doug McGarrett wrote:
About top/bottom posting:
I hate to say this, but could this thread be deleted? The original thread apparently had nothing to do with netiquette, or however you spell it, or with top/bottom answering.
Personally, I don't care about where answering is done. Actually, the most informative are interactive, with the answers interspersed with the questions. But this back-biting kind of posting is not only wasting bandwidth, but must be turning off people who might find use of this fine list.
--doug
My sentiments almost exactly, but I don't read anything I don't want to, so I skip the lot if I'm uninterested. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 23:09 -0400, Bryan Tyson wrote:
On Saturday 18 June 2005 17:14, Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:
again: top posting forgiven, full quote removed. You are way more forgiving than I would be.. And of course, the OP abuses such forgiveness without hesitation.
When will people get tired of resurrecting this same meaningless argument which has already been argued to death in hundreds of postings on this list?
Bryan
I guess when people stop top posting and learn to trim their quotes. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On 18/06/05, Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@gmail.com> wrote:
* it clown <suse@mailbox.co.za> [06-18-05 11:24]:
Why do i have to move my hardware around for it to work in suse and in windows it worked fine with out moving it around? Windows is just a test to see if things are working or not.
again: top posting forgiven, full quote removed.
Windoz is *not* a test to show proper operation of hardware.
Why *did* you "move" your hardware around, it was *your* decision? There must be a basis for moving it. I did not see anyone here recommend that action.
What didn't "work"? Why didn't it "work"? Did you check with hwinfo? Was it listed in /etc/fstab? When you insert a disk, what appears in /var/log/messages? --
Perfectly reasonable course of action trying it with another known working operating system. SuSE is obviously infinitely better than MS's offerings but when something is not working then it is good to try it in Window$ simply to check that it is not a hardware issue. Of course, he could have just as easily used a live CD/DVD like Knoppix. But, if it didn't work in that would it mean that the hardware was broken or just that it wouldn't work under Linux? Which is why it is good to try it under Window$. -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
On Saturday 18 June 2005 06:21 pm, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 18/06/05, Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@gmail.com> wrote:
* it clown <suse@mailbox.co.za> [06-18-05 11:24]:
Why do i have to move my hardware around for it to work in suse and in windows it worked fine with out moving it around? Windows is just a test to see if things are working or not.
again: top posting forgiven, full quote removed.
Windoz is *not* a test to show proper operation of hardware.
Perfectly reasonable course of action trying it with another known working operating system. SuSE is obviously infinitely better than MS's offerings but when something is not working then it is good to try it in Window$ simply to check that it is not a hardware issue. Of course, he could have just as easily used a live CD/DVD like Knoppix. But, if it didn't work in that would it mean that the hardware was broken or just that it wouldn't work under Linux? Which is why it is good to try it under Window$.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that when you switch your BIOS from 'legacy' mode to SATA mode, you lose some of your IDE capability. (can't have as many drives) It wasn't clear from what was posted as to exactly what got changed (and where) but this sounds to me like a "problem" with the BIOS which may or may not be "the way it works".
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