From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: Bug 11581 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:11:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20081111071107.GB31576@gollum.tnic> References: <9ea470500810140453m6e1f7eb6raf179ee78414e19e@mail.gmail.com> <20081026154657.GA2578@gollum.tnic> <20081110063443.GA17946@gollum.tnic> Reply-To: petkovbb@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.155]:25478 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752445AbYKKHLO (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:11:14 -0500 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so2617247fgg.17 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:11:11 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Santiago Vila Cc: bzolnier@gmail.com, axboe@kernel.dk, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 01:02:02PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > > Ok, so it looks like your drive gets puzzled again by a > > GET_CONFIGURATION command despite 2.6.18 which used to work, as you say. > > But I think it fails this time because you've updated to debian testing > > and, correct me if I'm wrong, but the udev utility cdrom_id came with > > the update and it sends all those GET_CONFIGURATION commands. Have you > > thought of updating the drive's firmware - that helps sometimes? > > Ok, I tried that today, using Wine and the root account, but the unit > is not detected by the firmware updating utility. Which of the multiple > patched kernels should I try? Neither 2.6.18 or 2.6.26 from Debian > seem to work this time. I'm afraid that you need to boot into Windoze in order for the firmware update utility to recognize your drive. I'm pretty sure there are some ways to that without windows but they could be risky and damage your drive permanently. I'll think of something better and get back to you. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris.