CDROM problems when upgrading to RedHat 4.2

[David Sitsky <sits cafe anu edu au>]

G'day,

I am trying to upgrade from Picasso (3.0.3) on my x86 to RedHat 4.2.

However, it seems the kernel used to upgrade my system has problems
using my CDROM drive (which is useable under DOS and Linux 1.2.13).

Here are the kind of messages I see on one of the virtual consoles
during the upgrade process, when the program tries to read the CDROM
(after asking what kind of CDROM I have - which is a Soundblaster16 type):

<5>sbpcd-0 [04]: Drive 0 (ID=3): CD200F 90.01) at 0x230 (type 1)
<5>sbpcd-1 [05]: Drive 1 (ID=3): CD200F 90.01) at 0x230 (type 1)
<5>sbpcd-2 [06]: Drive 2 (ID=3): CD200F 90.01) at 0x230 (type 1)
<5>sbpcd-3 [07]: Drive 3 (ID=3): CD200F 90.01) at 0x230 (type 1)

...

<5> sbpcd-0 [10]: data buffer size: 8 frames
<5> sbpcd-1 [11]: data buffer size: 8 frames
<5> sbpcd-2 [12]: data buffer size: 8 frames
<5> sbpcd-3 [13]: data buffer size: 8 frames
<5> sbpcd-0 [14]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [15]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [16]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [17]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [18]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [19]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [20]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [21]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [22]: DiskInfo: setspeed returns -602
<5> sbpcd-0 [23]: CD contains no data tracks
<5> sbpcd-0 [24]: !st_diskok detected - retrying
<5> sbpcd-0 [25]: !st_diskok detected - retrying
<5> sbpcd-0 [26]: !st_diskok detected - retrying
<5> sbpcd-0 [27]: sbp_status: failed after 3 tries
<4> end_request: I/O error, dev 19:00, sector 64
<4> isofs_end_super: bread failed, dev 19:00 iso_blknum 16 blocks 32
<5> sbpcd-0 [28]: sbpcd module released

Here is some information regarding my current Linux system:

[sits chichibu sits]$ dmesg
Console: colour EGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63)
bios32_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000f6f10
bios32_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xf6f20
pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf6f41
Probing PCI hardware.
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 39.94 BogoMips
Serial driver version 4.11 with no serial options enabled
tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
lp1 at 0x0378, using polling driver
snd2 <SoundBlaster Pro 4.12> at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1
snd6 <SoundBlaster 16 4.12> at 0x220 irq 5 drq 5
snd1 <Yamaha OPL-3 FM> at 0x388 irq 0 drq 0
hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFS1275A, 1219MB w/64KB Cache, LBA, CHS=619/64/63, MaxMult=16
ide0: primary interface on irq 14
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a 8272A
sbpcd-0 [01]:  sbpcd.c v3.7 Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke gwdg de>
sbpcd-0 [02]:  Drive 0 (ID=0): CD200F  (0.01) at 0x230 (type 1)
Memory: 15060k/16384k available (604k kernel code, 384k reserved, 336k data)
This processor honours the WP bit even when in supervisor mode. Good.
Swansea University Computer Society NET3.019
Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.019
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
PPP: version 0.2.7 (4 channels) NEW_TTY_DRIVERS OPTIMIZE_FLAGS
TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP line discipline registered.
Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok.
Linux version 1.2.13 (root chichibu anu edu au) (gcc version 2.7.0) #11 Tue Jan 30 07:50:41 EST 1996
Partition check:
  hda: multiple mode turned off
  hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Adding Swap: 32252k swap-space
iBCS: socksys registered on character major 30

Does anyone have any idea what is going wrong here?  As I said before,
the CDROM works fine under both Linux 1.2.13 and DOS.

I saw a message in the FAQ that:

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E.3.1 How do I get my IDE CD-ROM on my SB16 to work?

The Creative Labs kit comes with the IDE Interface set to the third
IDE port by default (IDE2, I think). This won't work under Linux as it
only recognizes two IDE ports. What you need to do is move a jumper on
the card to configure it for IDE1 (the secondary IDE port). I'm not
sure if you have to make changes under DOS for this configuration to
work, but your manuals should help with this (it will still work, but
you may have to edit a file or two).

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I checked my SB16 docs, but I couldn't see anything about a jumper
that changes which IDE port it uses.  Does anyone have any extra info
on which jumper needs to be changed?  The fact that the CDROM works
under Linux 1.2.13 makes me think it might be another problem, unless
the driver has changed a lot...

Does anybody have any ideas what might be wrong?  Thanks!

Cheers,
;) David