Unusual CD-ROM problem from the Installfest

[agabriel at coe.neu.edu (Anthony J. Gabrielson)]

Hello,
	
	What is the hole dmesg?  Is the kernel set up for the propreitary
chipset? Can you attach more of the dmesg?

Anthony

On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Bill Horne wrote:

> For those whom coulnd't attend the installfest yesterday, here's 
> a shot at a "typical" installfest problem.
> 
> The machine is a 486 DX-2, with 24MB of Ram, one 400 MB HD and 
> one 1GB HD.
> 
> 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.
> 
> We were unable to get it to work yesterday, and finally Jerry 
> put SuSe on the machine via an NFS install.  Now, when I boot it 
> into SuSe, it seems to recognize the CD-ROM, but I can't figure 
> out how to mount it.
> 
> 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 don't know why it says Sanyo (Not Sony).
> 
> 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.
> 
> All suggestions welcome:  the winner will get his/her name 
> announced at the meeting on Wednesday, and a personal thank-you 
> from the owner.
> 
> Bill Horne
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