Description of problem: System freezes when zip discette mounted Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 2.6.5-1.332 & 349 (was ok with 1.327) How reproducible: Always (either in Gnome or KDE) Steps to Reproduce: 1.insert discette 2.mount volume 3. Actual results: system freezes Expected results: access to discette Additional info:
Internal ATAPI 250 Zip Drive /dev/hdb4
Works with version 1.351 (sort of). OK with GNome; mounts and ejects r&W. However with KDE mounts but can't unmount; msg. "device busy"
Same problem with kernel 2.6.7-1.494. Insert a zip disk, 'mount /mnt/zip' will lock the whole system up. Have to do hardware reset. If the zip disk is in the drive while rebooting, the system locks up and can not finish booting.
better with 2.6.9 update ?
Yes, Everything OK with 2.6.9.
It still locks up on my system. The /var/log/message contains following lines about my internal ide zip 100 drive: Dec 9 17:34:21 water kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA Dec 9 17:34:21 water kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA Dec 9 17:34:21 water kernel: hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive Dec 9 17:34:21 water kernel: hdd: No disk in drive Dec 9 17:34:21 water kernel: hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm Dec 9 17:34:21 water kernel: hdd: No disk in drive First, only /dev/hdd showing up after booting. No entry under /media. After insert a zip drive, mount /dev/hdd /mnt locks up the whole system. Have to press the reset button to reboot the system. Also tried to create other partitions by MAKEDEV hdd and mount /dev/hdd4 /mnt it still locks up. And if I leave a zip disk in the drive while rebooting the machine, it just hangs. I cannot find any thing in /var/log/message while locks up happens.
fstab shows /dev/hdb4 /media/zip250 vfat etc. Note use of 'media' rather than 'mnt' with kernel 2.6.9. Had to set file system type to "vfat" in order to read disks under Win 98. Have to have zip disk in drive at boot. Subsequently can umnount and change disks. KDE (Konquerer) at times problematic when attempting umount; "device busy" msg. Gnome (My Computer -Nautilus?) never a problem. HTH