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Rahven 04-24-2005 03:58 PM
Multiple Hardware issues (long post)
 
I have multiple problems I need help with. First and foremost, I'm having a hell of a time with my NTFS drive. I had to switch back to Windows for studying, and now that that's over with, I'm back to Linux, but I need to keep the Second drive's information intact. Mostly because there's 13Gb of mp3 files that everyone in the house uses.

Problem #1
The NTFS drive mounts as Read Only, whether this is the way it's supposed to work or not is beyond me. Though I'm of the opinion that a HD that you can only read is about useless. I remember seeing something about $LOG something on bootup, but I don't see anything about it in dmesg or /var/log/messages. (As an aside, when setting up Samba, windows can see that there is a container for the NTFS drive, but I get a network access denied message when attempting to access it.)

Problem #2
/dev/dvd
Where oh where is this mystical beast that MPlayer, Xine, et all look for? I haven't been able to wrap my head around the whole devfs idea, and I seem to be lacking something, some configuration, some piece of information, that will unlock this whole thing for me. I've done some checking, and I see that the Lite-On drives I have are reported to be just the most compatible drives ever, yet I'm having so much trouble with them.

First of all, the system (to my knowledge) doesn't see the 2nd DVD drive. Well, I take that back, it sees it when booting up, but it doesn't get mounted, though mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom will mount it correctly. I'm being forced to go through and pick .vob files when trying to watch a movie. The output of dmesg makes me think there are serious issues with /dec/hdc.

I have the nForce drivers from nVidia installed... for what their worth. (Nothing IMO, they only provide enahnced support for the onboard Ethernet cables, and the drivers for the onboard sound, which I don't use anyway)

Problem #3
I'm a :newbie: all over again and I hate it.

Anyway, thanks goes out to anyone who reads this entire thing. More thanks to anyone that has a suggestion or 5 for me. I've been trying to get Samba and DVD authoring going to no avail, and my wall has a definite head-print going on.

CPU: AMD
MOBO: nVidia nForce2
Kernel: 2.6.10
Distro: Slackware 10.1
Devices:
Maxtor 40Gb HD
/dev/hda1 = /swap (Linux Swap)
/dev/hda2 = / (ext3)
/dev/hda3 = /usr (ext3)
/dev/hda5 = /home (ext3)
Western Digital 40Gb HD
NTFS volume mounted to /ntfs
Lexar USB Drive
NTFS mounted to /pendrive
Lite-On DVD/CD +/- RW (SOHW-1633S)
/dev/hdc
Lite-On DVD-R (LTD-165H)
? (should be /dev/hdd)

/etc/fstab
Code:
/dev/hda1        swap            swap        defaults        0  0
/dev/hda2        /                ext3        defaults        1  1
/dev/hda3        /usr            ext3        defaults        1  2
/dev/hda5        /home            ext3        defaults        1  2
/dev/hdb1        /ntfs            ntfs        ro              1  0
/dev/sda1        /pendrive        ntfs        ro              1  0
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom      iso9660    noauto,owner,ro  0  0
/dev/fd0        /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner    0  0
devpts          /dev/pts        devpts      gid=5,mode=620  0  0
proc            /proc            proc        defaults        0  0
lspci
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (rev 13)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
01:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

dmesg
Code:
divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device eth1
eth1394: eth1: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBA] enabled at IRQ 5
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: irq 5, pci mem 0xe1001000
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBB] enabled at IRQ 12
PCI: setting IRQ 12 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:02.1[B] -> GSI 12 (level, low) -> IRQ 12
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (#2)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.1 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: irq 12, pci mem 0xe1002000
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
i2c_adapter i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x5000
i2c_adapter i2c-1: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x5500
ub: sizeof ub_scsi_cmd 64 ub_dev 2472
agpgart: Detected NVIDIA nForce2 chipset
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xd8000000
usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [04b3:310b] on usb-0000:00:02.1-2
uba: device 2 capacity nsec 125952 bsize 512
uba: device 2 capacity nsec 125952 bsize 512
 uba: uba1
usbcore: registered new driver ub
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
Evaluate _OSC Set fails. Status = 0x0005
pciehp: add_host_bridge: status 5
pciehp: Fails to gain control of native hot-plug
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c035d440(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device sit0
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:03:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:03:00.0 into 8x mode
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:03:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:03:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:03:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:03:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:03:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:03:00.0 into 8x mode
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474328
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118582
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474332
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118583
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474336
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118584
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474340
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118585
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474344
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118586
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474348
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118587
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474352
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118588
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474356
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118589
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474360
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118590
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474364
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118591
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474368
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118592
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474372
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118593
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474376
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118594
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474380
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118595
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474384
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118596
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474388
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118597
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474392
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118598
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474396
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118599
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474400
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118600
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474404
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118601
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474408
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118602
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474412
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118603
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474416
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118604
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474420
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118605
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474424
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118606
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474428
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118607
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474432
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118608
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474436
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118609
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474440
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118610
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474444
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118611
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474448
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118612
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
ide: failed opcode was 100
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 474452
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 118613
cdrom: open failed.

trevelluk 04-25-2005 08:50 AM
Well, I can answer your first point at least. At present, NTFS write support in Linux is considered unreliable, and attempts by a Linux system to write to an NTFS partition will often end in large amounts of data loss. I'm told that there is a system called "captive NTFS" which can write safely, but I don't really know much about it. A quick search through the forums should tell you more.

Unfortunately, I can't really help with your other problem. Hopefully this information's of some use though.

Simon Bridge 07-14-2006 02:59 AM
How did you get on?
It's been a while, but I've stumbled here on another errand ... just in case someone else does, I'll try and make it worth their while even if you are through with the whole thing.

P1: Like the guy says - ntfs is ro by default. Captive is now pretty good at writing to it. However, you shouldn't need rw access to play mp3 files. Your best bet is to copy the mp3's over and convert to ogg/vorbis (the Q loss is undetectable in double-blind trials). Then play under linux.

If you don't like that, then the trick most people use is as follows: create a small vfat/fat32 partition. Get windows to see it (usually as drive D:) and mount it as something like /mnt/wind under linux. This will allow you to share files between windows and linux without worrying about ntfs compatability. (Remember, the partition needs to be below 32Gb so windows will access it properly.)

P2: assuming the dvd drives are /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd... you will find that things get handled by symlinks. So /mnt/cdrom is the mountpoint for /dev/cdrom, but /dev/cdrom is a link to /dev/hdc (go look and see). To get the second dvd drive to mount, you need to (a) create a mountpoint for it, say, /mnt/dvd (b) create a link called /dev/dvd to /dev/hdd, (c) edit fstab to add a line just like the cdrom line, only with the above "dvd" bits instead of the "cdrom" bits.

The nvidia drivers have got better since your post. Even so - it is very tricky to get decent 3D accel under linux. Go complain to the video card companies. (More recent SiS cards and intel-chipsets seem to have open-source drivers though.)

P3: You'll get over it ;)

For the future - it is probably best to avoid mobos with a large proprietary component (like nvidia based jobs). It is unlikely to support linux very well.

ChrisPspace 09-01-2006 02:51 AM
Sorry to Necro this thread but...
 
Ok, I'm a Newbie in every sense of the word, so please please please if I sound dumb... I am. But be nice anyway ;)

The situation...

Just finished building a new System, with specs...

AMD Athlon 64 dualcore, Asus A8N-E mobo and 1 LG DVDRW.

I'm installing Kubuntu, everything boots fine, the install menu loads but when it gets to the point of mounting the drive in order to install I receive the following error...

BUFFER I/O error on Device hdc, logical block.

There are some number references too, but I have no idea what they mean, or even if they're useful. This error keeps reoccuring (so far it's up to logical block 6)

Any ideas welcomed.

Simon Bridge 09-09-2006 03:17 AM
Quote:
BUFFER I/O error on Device hdc, logical block
Your CD is bad. Replace with another one.

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/58284

Beaker74 02-01-2007 10:59 AM
Ubuntu Live CD booting issue
 
When booting the Ubuntu 6.06 Live CD, I can get to the initial menu, and then tell it to run the Desktop (so that I may install it to the harddrive), and when it gets to the Mounting filesystem, I will see the following error message...

17179704.704000 Buffer I/O Error on device hdc, logical block 0..
and it will repeat with logical blocks changing numbers 0 - 7.
The first set of numbers will advance by 6 (next set from the above example would be 17179710.824000)

I've tried 3 separate burnings of the CD, one at "optimal" speed. one at "32x" speed, and one all the way down to "4x" speed. Same problem.

I'm thinking hardware issue with the CD-ROM, but I wanted a second opinion.

I'd appreciate any help.

Beaker74 02-01-2007 01:05 PM
Actually, I swapped CD-ROM's and it's working correctly as far as I can tell. I'll post this in case someone else comes along with the same issue.

sanjuonline1 02-10-2007 02:46 AM
Hello everybody, I am Sanjeet Kumar from Delhi University India. I am persuing MCA course from the same university.

Simon Bridge 02-11-2007 05:20 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker74
Actually, I swapped CD-ROM's and it's working correctly as far as I can tell. I'll post this in case someone else comes along with the same issue.
You mean you swapped CD-ROM Drives?

Quote:
Originally Posted by sanjuonline1
Hello everybody,
... Hello Sanjeet, enthusiasm and friendliness is good. Could have been placed in a better forum though.


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