Hi list, I just upgraded my SuSE 6.4 to 2.2.16 kernel from SuSE and bump! Kodak Picture CD which mounted without problems on kernel 2.2.14 lost a couple of directories. I booted back into 2.2.14 kernel, mounted CD, all directories are there. Reboted into 2.2.16, directories are gone. Some more details on my system, if it matters: AMD K6-2-500 CPU, 128 MB RAM, FIC 2013 motherboard (VIA chipset), ATAPI 48x CD-ROM, k_deflt kernel. Sorry, I can't dig deeper into the roots of the problem, but it looks much like the situation we've had with 2.2.6 (or am I mistaken) "stable" kernel, when suddenly msdos filesystems stopped to work and it was a matter of someone changing some concept in filesystems (to improve them) but forgetting about msdos. What's the general attitude of SuSE towards 2.2.16 kernel? Use it at your risk? Why then label it stable? Sorry for sharp words. I like SuSE very much. That's really distribution of my choice, since 1995 I used Slackware, Red Hat, and finally, SuSE. I really wish to help improve the product. Thanks, Kastus -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Hi, On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, kastus wrote:
I just upgraded my SuSE 6.4 to 2.2.16 kernel from SuSE and bump! Kodak Picture CD which mounted without problems on kernel 2.2.14 lost a couple of directories. I booted back into 2.2.14 kernel, mounted CD, all directories are there. Reboted into 2.2.16, directories are gone.
This is the first report about this. I will forward it to our kernel people... Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany When I want your opinion, I'll read your entrails. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Hi Lenz, I investigated the problem deeper. This is what I found. Kodak Picture CD is a multisession CD, software written in session 1, and customer pictures in session 2. I looked at the disk in Windows NT and Solaris 2.7. Under both systems it shows the size of second session only though files from both sessions are accessable (df in Solaris, and drive properties in NT) The same number shows in df under kernel 2.2.14. When disk is mounted under kernel 2.2.16, it shows just session 1 and nothing more. Session 2 actually contains a info.cd file in root dirctory and pictures directory, which is not visible in 2.2.16. I looked at the changes between 2.2.14 and 2.2.16. THe version of ide-cd changed from 4.54 to 4.58, and the changes touched multisession support. I also tried to use ide-scsi driver in 2.2.16, but the result was the same, session 1 only is accessable. I tried to copy CD into a file with the command cp /dev/hdc /tmp/cd-image and then mount the image through a loopback device. What's interesting, both in 2.2.14 and 2.2.16 cp command copied just session 1. Unfortunately, I am not experienced in debugging device drivers. Maybe you guys at SuSE can take a closer look at ide-cd.c? Thanks, Kastus On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, kastus wrote:
I just upgraded my SuSE 6.4 to 2.2.16 kernel from SuSE and bump! Kodak Picture CD which mounted without problems on kernel 2.2.14 lost a couple of directories. I booted back into 2.2.14 kernel, mounted CD, all directories are there. Reboted into 2.2.16, directories are gone.
This is the first report about this. I will forward it to our kernel people...
Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany When I want your opinion, I'll read your entrails.
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, kastus wrote:
I just upgraded my SuSE 6.4 to 2.2.16 kernel from SuSE and bump! Kodak Picture CD which mounted without problems on kernel 2.2.14 lost a couple of directories. I booted back into 2.2.14 kernel, mounted CD, all directories are there. Reboted into 2.2.16, directories are gone.
This is the first report about this. I will forward it to our kernel people...
Any news on the issue? What do kernel gurus say? This is actually a problem reading multi-session CDs.
Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany When I want your opinion, I'll read your entrails.
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