On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Eben King wrote:
> Also:
>
> eben@pc:~$ sudo file - < /dev/hda
> /dev/stdin: data
>
> eben@pc:~$ sudo od -t x1z /dev/hda | head
> 0000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >................<
> *
> 0004000
>
> OK, all NULLs. Should I conclude that it's having a physical problem reading
> the disc?
It read fine when I booted under the stock Ubuntu kernel, so I compared the
CD-related modules loaded then vs the ones I had, and added ATA_GENERIC and
it worked. So either that was the reason (I don't know why it would only
affect _some_), or the reboot did it, or it's a coincidence.
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