On Sun, Nov 03 2002, Leopold Gouverneur wrote:
> I see the following during booting:
> ...
> end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0
> hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 0
> hdd: ATAPI 16X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache, DMA
> ...
> 
> If I mount /dev/hd[cd], the system freezes completly.
> 
> This was not present in 2.5.42 IRC
> ny help?

Try with this patch.

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Jens Axboe