Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751302AbWHBHR7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Aug 2006 03:17:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751306AbWHBHR7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Aug 2006 03:17:59 -0400 Received: from relay01.mail-hub.dodo.com.au ([203.220.32.149]:46266 "EHLO relay01.mail-hub.dodo.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751302AbWHBHR6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Aug 2006 03:17:58 -0400 From: Grant Coady To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jeff Garzik , Alan Cox Subject: Iomega ATAPI Zip100 problem: 2.4 & 2.6 lilo complains after eject Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:17:51 +1000 Organization: http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/ Reply-To: Grant Coady Message-ID: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1590 Lines: 55 Hi there, This might not be kernel issue as it is lilo that complains: "Fatal: open /dev/hdc: Input/output error" After the zip drive has been used. Issue is present on both 2.6.18-rc3 and 2.4.33-rc3. Box is dual SATA with Zip drive alone on secondary IDE. configs and dmesgs on: AMD SktA Sempron with VIA chipset, slackware-10.2 Steps to reproduce: root@sempro:~# mount /dev/hdc4 /mnt/hd/ root@sempro:~# ls -l /mnt/hd/ total 29238 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22295 2003-12-08 23:42 config-2.4.23* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29915976 2003-12-08 23:40 vanilla-2.4.23.tar.bz2* root@sempro:~# eject /mnt/hd/ Zip100 media pops out root@sempro:~# vim /etc/lilo.conf # changing reboot default root@sempro:~# lilo Warning: COMPACT may conflict with LBA32 on some systems Fatal: open /dev/hdc: Input/output error Push Zip100 media back into drive, ZipDrive light flashes... root@sempro:~# lilo Warning: COMPACT may conflict with LBA32 on some systems Added 2.6.18-rc3a Added 2.6.17.7a * Added 2.6.16.27a Added 2.4.33-rc3 Added 2.4.32-hf32.7 Added 2.4.31-hf32.7 Added 2.4.30-hf32.7 Added Slack-2.4.31 root@sempro:~# lilo -V LILO version 22.5.9 Is this 'normal' for removable media, a kernel problem or a lilo problem? Thanks, Grant - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/