Unusual CD-ROM problem from the Installfest

[derek at cerberus.ne.mediaone.net (Derek Martin)]

Today, Bill Horne gleaned this insight:

> It has a generic sound card, with a Sony CDU33A-01 CD-ROM 
> plugged into the card.  This is a proprietary interface; Win95 
> shows it as such, and it's usable with Win95.

So it will have a device name which is associated with that proprietary
interface.  I'm not familiar with those devices so I can't tell you what
it might be.  I suggest reading the kernel configuration help files for
the non-scsi, non-atapi CD drives (i.e. from the 'make xconfig' command).
That may give you some insight.

> dmesg says:
> 
> ISP16: configuration cdrom interface, version 0.6
> ISP16: cdrom interface (with OPTi 82C928 chip) detected.
> ISP16: cdrom interface set up with io base 0x340, irq 0, dma 0, 
> type Sanyo
> 
> I've tried specifying port and IQ at the LILO prompt, without 
> any change:  every mount command gives a message saying the 
> kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device.

O.k. The kernel is recognizing the drive, so it isn't a question of
supplying correct kernel options.  The driver appears to be loaded.  
Also, /dev/cdrom is just a symlink, probably to nothing useful if the
install didn't recognize your CD drive (most likely /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd).
You need to figure out what the correct device file is for this CD.  CDs
that are connected this way are typically SB or Mitsumi drives, but there
are several others it could be.  Again, I suggest reading the help from
the various kernel config options and trying to match up what you have
with info in there.

On another note, ISP16 seems to suggest something about the driver... I'd
see if you don't see something in the kernel help about that.

Good luck!


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