On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 01:51:43PM -0500, Eben King wrote:
> 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.
I vote coincidence. ;-}
Paul
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