From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021017 Description of problem: When we try mount on cdrom device, we obtain a seek error. The same seek error causes any hdparm command. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert a valid cdrom medium in to the device 2. Mount a cdrom 3. Obtain a seek error from system Additional info: The same seek error causes any hdparm command. CDROM is an IDE device without scsi emulation.
This would be a kernel problem if it is a software problem at all. It is reasonable to consider the possibility of hardware problems given the symptoms. If it's not hardware, please provide information that points to it being a software problem, as well as details on what hardware is being used (CD-ROM drive, IDE controller, motherboard, etc.)
It seems to be a SW problem. RHL 7.2 have no problems. I will add HW of this machine as soon as possible.