From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261316AbUBTUf4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:35:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261312AbUBTUfe (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:35:34 -0500 Received: from [208.2.222.88] ([208.2.222.88]:52407 "EHLO thor.htshq.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261321AbUBTUfJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:35:09 -0500 Message-ID: <001901c3f7f1$051a6220$10a8a8c0@htshq.com> From: "Sid Stautzenberger" To: Subject: Kernels 2.4.21 and Subsequent and Toshiba XM-1702B CDROMs Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:35:03 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Sanitizer: HTS, Inc. Mailwall v1.63 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linux-Kernel.Org: I'm not sure where to ask help for this problem. I have installed and tested many Linux distros on my Dell Inspiron 3200 which uses a Toshiba XM-1702B CDROM. I have had no problem with installing any distro from CD iso images. Now I have discovered that all distros built on kernels 2.4.21 or subsequent no longer support the Toshiba XM-1702B drive. I've tried reading thru the kernel source programs and information, and it leads one to believe that this CDROM is still supported. This can't be the case. Who can I ask for help getting a fix. I am presently using Slackware based on 2.4.20 and Xandros based on 2.4.19. Ditributions based on 2.4.21/22/24 and 2.6.1/2 will attempt to read the CDROM (/dev/hdc) but after nearly a minute an error will be displayed indicating dirctory not found. I think the problem is in the ide code in the kernel source. Exactly where I haven't a clue. I'm stuck not being able to upgrade to newer kernels. Sid Stautzenberger