Re: [cbm4linux-users] driver error

[<mik...@dn...>]

Hi!

Thanks for your aswer!

Michael Klein wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Mikko Kein=E4nen wrote:
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>>Any ideas why I get the following error message in every other time I
>>issue a disk command:
>>
>>bash-2.05b$ d64copy --transfer=3Ds1 -w 8 the_pawn-disk1-sixpackB.d64
>>[Fatal] drive 08 (1541): 99, DRIVER ERROR,00,00
>>
>>And next time it works just fine? Then it fails. After that it's ok a=
nd
>>so on... ;)
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> Odd. Is that the case for *all* disk commands or only d64copy (or may=
be
> serial1-specific?). Your drive contains a normal 1541 ROM, I assume?

Yes, I think it happens with all the commands ... just tested with=20
cbmctrl -command and it seems now that the error doesn't show up so=20
often, it seems more random:

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bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
99, driver error,00,00
cbmctrl: dir: Input/output error
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
99, driver error,00,00
cbmctrl: dir: Input/output error
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
99, driver error,00,00
cbmctrl: dir: Input/output error
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00
bash-2.05b$ cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."6pack           " 05 2a
664 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00

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Well, its better this way. Still I'm a bit confused. But I'm really=20
happy to have cbm4linux! :)

>>I'm using 2.6 kernel (in Gentoo Linux). My cable is XM1541.
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> Unfortunately I have no running 2.6 kernel right now, and I wasn't ab=
le
> to reproduce this behaviour with 2.4.

Maybe I should test with 2.4 kernel... I had no problems with 2.4 kerne=
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some time ago when I installed cbm4linux ... the hardware setup should=20
be the same in my computer now as it was then.

>>I'm using the following options with cbm-module:
>>
>>options cbm lp=3D0 cable=3D0 reset=3D1
>>
>>And following options with parport_pc module:
>>
>>options parport_pc io=3D0x378 irq=3D7
>>
>>Here is my kernel configuration:
>>
>>  <M> Parallel port support
>>	<M>   PC-style hardware
>>                  	< >     Multi-IO cards (parallel and serial)
>>                                   	[*]     Use FIFO/DMA if available
>>(EXPERIMENTAL
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> Options are IMO o.k.
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> (somehow your mail got truncated here, although it's completely visib=
le
> in the archive)
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> Cheers,
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Best regards,
Mikko.