Subject: Re: Valid Block Device
From: Jim Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Sat Feb 22 2003 - 21:01:18 AKST
As far as I know, the only way to get a secondary ide on these model
Armadas is through the docking station.
Check out the link, It's Compaq's How-To on installing RH 5.2 on the
Armada.
Jim
On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 16:55, Greg Madden wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 15:36, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> >
> > I'd check dmesg to see if it's detecting the cdrom at boot, then that
> > the 'ide-cd' module is loaded and check the '/dev/cdrom' entry in fstab.
> >
> > If that's the Armada 7400 or 7800, you might want to check out this:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/supportinformation/papers/0206-0799-A.pdf
> >
> > The cdrom is a slave on the primary ide channel (hdb) and needs to be
> > there during the boot.
> >
> > Jim Gribbin
> >
> > On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 14:21, Adam Elkins wrote:
> > > I just installed RH7.3 on a Compaq Armada laptop. It's got swapable drives,
> > > and I only have the cd. Trying to get my wireless working, but I don't have a
> > > way to put anything on it (No internet conn., and no serial cable)
> > > So I burned the files to cd. When I try to mount it, it tells me /dev/cdrom is
> > > not a valid block device. I'm guessing it might be scsi or something? How do
> > > i fix this?
> > >
> > > Adam
>
> I wonder if there is anyway of using the secondary IDE controller sans
> the docking station? There have been issues in the past (sorry no
> references) with using ~/hdb for a cdrom.
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