DVD+-RW Problem (missing /dev/hdc) [solved]

[k0olfir3]

Hi folks,

I am neither n00b nor expert to linux, usually I can manage to get my stuff working, but now I have serious problems:

I own the following drives:

hda: Samsung harddisk
hdb: Samsung harddisk
hdc: LG DVD+-RW
hdd: LG DVDROM

All of them work except hdc!

I think the problem is related to the kernel and the chipset, but I don't know how to solve it. Here is some more Information:

fir3@k0ol:~$ ls /dev/hd*
/dev/hda  /dev/hda1  /dev/hda2  /dev/hda5  /dev/hdb  /dev/hdb1  /dev/hdb2  /dev/hdb3  /dev/hdd

fir3@k0ol:~$ dmesg | grep ide
Nvidia board detected. Ignoring ACPI timer override.
ACPI: BIOS IRQ0 pin2 override ignored.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ14 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ15 used by override.
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
Probing IDE interface ide0...
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0&#58; p1 p2 < p5 >
 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0&#58; p1 p2 p3
Probing IDE interface ide1...
ide1&#58; Wait for ready failed before probe !
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Probing IDE interface ide2...
Probing IDE interface ide3...
Probing IDE interface ide4...
Probing IDE interface ide5...

My burner should be found where it says "ide1: Wait for ready failed before probe !", shouldn't it?

fir3@k0ol:~$ dmesg | grep NFORCE
NFORCE3-250: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:08.0
NFORCE3-250: chipset revision 162
NFORCE3-250: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround.
NFORCE3-250: 0000:00:08.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller

I'm confused about that cable bits line. The drives are correctly jumpered to Secondary Master/Slave. The BIOS finds them...

fir3@k0ol:~$ uname -a
Linux k0ol 2.6.10-5-amd64-k8 #1 Tue Jun 7 08:26:38 UTC 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Oh yeah, I'm running Kubuntu 5.04 on my amd64. I also tried cAos 2.0.1 with the same result...

Could someone please try to help me? I haven't got a clue how to solve that...

Thanks k0ol

[Tainted_Girl]

It's suppose to be.............

ide0
ide1
ide2
ide3

Try with your Primary drives(ones connecter to the primary ide controller) to set one as master and the other to slave.

[k0olfir3]

I'm not sure if I understood you correctly.

The harddisks are on primary ide and jumpered correctly.
The DVD drives are on secondary ide and jumpered correctly.

There are some sata controllers I don't use on the motherboard (MSI K8N Neo2-54G).

Did you mean this?
(Sorry, I'm not a native speaker..)

Thanks anyway

[k0olfir3]

ok, I finally got things working...
Just swapped the dvd drives, now both of them work

strange stuff