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

[Drag0n]

	Well, i dont know about a USB driver for that device for linux, but
another option may be opening it and installing the device into the
system as it is an IDE drive inside the case.

Drag0n
dragon at atlantacon.org

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
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> Apparently I need the services of someone who speaks fluent Linux.
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> 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>:
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> > 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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