Re: atapi cdrom on laptop

[Steve Slater <slater@nuc.berkeley.edu>]

>  Does it work on a hard reset, e.g. a power cycle?  I ask because
>  this is what I found on an older Toshiba CDT 400

It does have 2 controllers since linux on an exact same laptop
finds the CD fine. The port and irq settings in the GENERIC config
are the same as what linux found them at. This is a Toshiba 550CDT 
and even on a power cycle, wdc1 is still not found. (though 
win95 finds it without a problem)

>  I've got a local patch that forces a controller reset on wdc1 before
>  the probe and it has solved my prob.  However, that is not a general
>  solution.  Toby suggested:
>  
>      One thing you might try, is to do a controller reset inside a shutdown
>      hook (shutdownhook_establish()), that might do the trick on soft reboots.

If you have anything to try, I'll try it. I'm at a loss
here unless anyone else has a 550CDT that works.

Thanks,
Steve