Re: Red Hat 8.0 cant find cdrom (John Borges)

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Rick Matlock wrote:
> I have tried 'linux hda=nodma hdc=nodma" and also "linux ide=nodma" and all
> come to the same issue when installing.  Here's more detail on the error
> that I am getting on the notebook:
>
>
> (This is all obtained through alt-f4)
>
> hdc: drive not ready for command
> hdc: ATAPI reset timed-out, status=0x80
> ide1: reset timed-out, status=0x80
> hdc: status timeout: status=0x80 {Busy}
> hdc: drive not ready for command
> hdc: ATAPI reset timed-out, status=0x80
> ide1:reset timed-out, status=0x80
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
> isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
>
>
> At which point the install stops and asks for the language, keyboard, and
> what media to install from -- Namely CDROM or Hard Drive.  Either of those
> options comes up with the same result as above.
>
> Again, the system I have is a Compaq 905us notebook, with a Radeon U1
> northbridge/southbridge and an ALI M5229 IDE controller.

I'll try again.  The indication is that the system is having a world
of hurt reading the CD's sector 0 (the innermost track part of the
disk).  Let's get some other info:

	Did you use 700MB CD-Rs?
	What color is the bottom of the unburned CD?
	How old is the computer?
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