[sf-lug] i586 ThinkPad CD-ROM problems

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Asheesh Laroia (asheesh at asheesh.org):

> > ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
> > hdc : lost interrupt
> > hdc: ATAPI 24X CD ROM drive 128 k Cache
> > Uniform CD-Rom driver Revisioin: 3.20
> > hdc: lost interrupt
> 
> Well, huh.
> 
> (a) Can you try running "hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc" from a terminal first?  That 
> will stop the drive from using DMA, which might help.

This might well n be a known problem with a known solution for this
particular model of ThinkPad[1] -- except Alex has never been able to
determine and tell us what model of ThinkPad this is, so we're unable to
use that path of investigation for him.

[1] For example, my antique Sony VAIO PCG-505FX's CD drive has a weird
ATA interface that requires special boot-ime options for Linux to boot
it.