Finally made some progress. If I disable GNOME's automount feature, I can go
back and forth between the cd and floppy. I still have to have the cd connected
when the computer boots, or devfs isn't updated (no /dev/scd0). Any idea how to
get past that last hurdle?
Quoting Justin Georgeson <jgeorgeson@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I've been posting on a few dell/linux groups but haven't made any
> headway there, so am trying here too.
>
> I have a dell latitude c400 with an up2date install of shrike. It has an
> external drive bay, which connects via a cable, that can house a floppy
> or cdrw (other stuff too but those are all I have). If I boot the laptop
> with the drive bay disconnected, I can connect it with the floppy, mount
> a floppy, unmount the floppy, and disconnect the drive bay. But the cdrw
> must be connected when the computer boots for it to work. The modules
> loaded to access it are udf, sg, sr_mod, ide-scsi, scsi_mod, ide-cd,
> scsi_mod, ide-cd, and cdrom. It is accessed as /dev/scd0. If I
> disconnect the drive with the computer running, even when it's not
> mounted, I get this in /var/log/messages. At this point I have to reboot
> to be able to use either the floppy or cdrw.
>
> Sep 2 00:20:17 dragonfly kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xff { Busy }
> Sep 2 00:20:17 dragonfly kernel: hdc: DMA disabled
> Sep 2 00:20:17 dragonfly kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command
> Sep 2 00:20:22 dragonfly kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout
> : pid 6803, scsi0, channel 0, id
> 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
> Sep 2 00:20:32 dragonfly kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout
> : pid 6803, scsi0, channel 0, id
> 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
> Sep 2 00:20:32 dragonfly kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 6803) timed out
> - resetting
> Sep 2 00:20:32 dragonfly kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
> channel 0.
> Sep 2 00:20:32 dragonfly kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 6803)
> timed out - trying harder
> Sep 2 00:20:32 dragonfly kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
> channel 0.
> Sep 2 00:20:47 dragonfly kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset timed-out, status=0xff
> Sep 2 00:21:22 dragonfly kernel: ide1: reset timed-out, status=0xff
> Sep 2 00:21:22 dragonfly kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xff { Busy }
> Sep 2 00:21:22 dragonfly kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command
> Sep 2 00:21:52 dragonfly kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset timed-out, status=0xff
> ....
>
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> ; mailto:jgeorgeson@xxxxxxxxx
> ; "Free the mallocs, delete the news"
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