[ale] cd drives, or going nutz the Linux way!

[Sean Kilpatrick]

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Apparently I need the services of someone who speaks fluent Linux.

It turns out I also can not reach my usb cd burner, but a hint
appears in /var/log/messages <grin>:

This being a different problem than not being able to set dma=1
for /dev/hdc (the cd/dvd reader), which I still have not solved.

> usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x3f0/0x207) is not claimed by
> any active driver.

That line is generated during the boot sequence, and directly refers
to the usb cd burner -- the vender/product ids match.

Now all I have to do is find a driver -- hp doesn't offer one.

Then again, maybe there is another problem as these lines also appear
during the boot sequence <grin>:

> scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
>   Vendor: HP        Model: CD-Writer+ 8200a  Rev: 1.0g
>   Type:   CD-ROM    ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Also, at boot and (apparently) when trying to access /hdc 
as a dvd reader, the log records a string
of error messges. The dominant theme seems to be:

> Media region code is mismatched to logical unit -- (asc=0x6f, ascq=0x04)
> hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
>  ATAPI device hdc:
>   Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
>   Command sequence error -- (asc=0x2c, ascq=0x00)"

Can anyone offer a translation into basic English?

Sean

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