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Question about CDROM



The first thing to look at are the IRQ assignments.  Generally, you 
can't share IRQ assignments.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 8/21/99, 8:50:53 AM, "Subba Rao" <subb3 at ibm.net> wrote regarding 
Question about CDROM:


> I had my CDROM working until 8 AM this morning. All I did was changed 
my video card and closed the
> box. At bootup time, the CDROM drive did not get mounted.

> I tried to manually mount the drive,

> $ mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device
>        (maybe 'insmod driver'?)

> That is the message, I get now.

> Then, I inserted a audio CD, and xmcd does not play it. I am using OSS 
driver ( and did turn on the driver ).

> The "eject" command says
> eject: open failed for '/dev/hdc': No such device

> Did not know changing video card was so dangerous ;-)

> I would appreciate any help. The video card a XFConfig work great, but 
now I want my CD to work.

> Thank you for any help.

> Subba Rao
> subb3 at ibm.net
> ==============================================================
> Disclaimer - I question and speak for myself.

> http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/
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