Description of problem: Discovered IDE cdrom errors in dmesg on kernel rpm install. Can be reproduced with fdisk or simply with cat. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@intel-s3e3144-03 ~]# uname -r 2.6.18-277.el5 How reproducible: 100% on intel-s3e3144-03.rhts.eng.nay.redhat.com. Have not tried on different machines with IDE cdrom. Steps to Reproduce: 1. cat /dev/hdc Actual results: [root@intel-s3e3144-03 ~]# cat /dev/hdc ATAPI device hdc: Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05) Parameter not supported -- (asc=0x26, ascq=0x01) The failed "Start/Stop Unit" packet command was: "1b 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " cat: /dev/hdc: No medium found Expected results: [root@intel-s3e3144-03 ~]# cat /dev/hdc cat: /dev/hdc: No medium found Additional info:
(In reply to comment #0) > Description of problem: > Discovered IDE cdrom errors in dmesg on kernel rpm install. > Can be reproduced with fdisk or simply with cat. > > Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): > [root@intel-s3e3144-03 ~]# uname -r > 2.6.18-277.el5 > > How reproducible: > 100% on intel-s3e3144-03.rhts.eng.nay.redhat.com. Have not tried on different > machines with IDE cdrom. > > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. cat /dev/hdc > > Actual results: > [root@intel-s3e3144-03 ~]# cat /dev/hdc > ATAPI device hdc: > Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05) > Parameter not supported -- (asc=0x26, ascq=0x01) > The failed "Start/Stop Unit" packet command was: > "1b 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " > cat: /dev/hdc: No medium found > Petr, is there actually a physical CDROM in the system? Or is it virtual? P.
It should be a physical device. [root@intel-s3e3144-03 ~]# dmesg | grep hdc ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio hdc: SR244W, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33) ATAPI device hdc:
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