Description of problem: the LiveCD boots the kernel okay but then it can't find the root file system (which is, presumably, on the CD) - so i guess it can't find the CD drive. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fedora 9 alpha LiveCD i386 Additional info: there's plenty of noise about this in various forums. looks like maybe it used to work around kernel 2.6.8. i saw a post saying that ubuntu warty worked.
Which actual hardware is this? And does the PCMCIA cd drive work in other cases on an already installed system?
hardware is a toshiba portege P2000. (about 5 years old). the CD drive works well enough to boot the kernel. the drive works fine on a running fedora 8 on the same laptop model. can i get more useful information from that running system? what would be the most helpful stuff i can get?
with the drive plugged in on running f8: lspci has the "ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support", using driver yenta_cardbus. lspci -n calls it 1179:0617 (rev 32) lshal includes: pcmcia.prod_id1 = 'FREECOM' pcmcia.prod_id2 = 'PCCARD-IDE' pcmcia.prod_id3 = 'REV836' which has a child scsi_host with a child: info.linux.driver = 'sr' scsi.model = 'CD-224E' scsi.vendor = 'TEAC' on insert the system log gets the following: kernel: Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods which appears on the screen just before the LiveCD fails. lsmod contains sr_mod, cdrom and pata_pcmcia. hope that's of some use. :-)
Added some bits so that the right modules should get pulled into the live initrd and should be testable with F9 beta. Thanks!
w00t! here come's the beta :-) looks like all the modules are available, thanks for that :-D, ... but the system doesn't know what to do with them, so we get the same result. here's what goes in /var/log/messages when i insert the pcmcia card with a CD in the drive on fedora 8: Mar 25 20:24:47 localhost kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 1 Mar 25 20:24:47 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa00fffff Mar 25 20:24:47 localhost kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia1.0 Mar 25 20:24:49 localhost kernel: scsi2 : pata_pcmcia Mar 25 20:24:49 localhost kernel: ata3: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x140 ctl 0x14e irq 3 Mar 25 20:24:49 localhost kernel: ata3.00: ATAPI: CD-224E, 1.7A, max UDMA/33 Mar 25 20:24:49 localhost kernel: ata3.00: configured for PIO0 Mar 25 20:24:49 localhost kernel: isa bounce pool size: 16 pages Mar 25 20:24:49 localhost kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM TEAC CD-224E 1.7A PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Mar 25 20:24:49 localhost kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 Mar 25 20:24:50 localhost kernel: Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods Mar 25 20:24:50 localhost kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Mar 25 20:24:50 localhost kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 Mar 25 20:25:01 localhost hald: mounted /dev/sr0 on behalf of uid 500 Mar 25 20:25:01 localhost gnome-keyring-daemon[2186]: adding removable location: volume_label_Fedora_9_Beta_i686_20080319 at /media/Fedora-9-Beta-i686-20080319 i'll try it again and see if i can mount manually from the command line.
booting from the fedora 9 beta live cd you get to the command prompt with no root. removing and inserting the card elicits the "pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 1" (and matching 'ejected from') message. so the first missing message is: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa00fffff maybe we need another module? or some hotplug magic? or something. "I'M LOooooSSST!"
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