CD-ROM under Linux on ThinkPad755CD

[Marek Rychlik <rychlik@math.arizona.edu>]

The CD-ROM does not work properly under Linux 2.3.0. Someone mentioned that
the message "buffer botched" appears in /var/adm/messages. Also, doing
'ls /cdrom' will produce a trunctated listing of files on at least one
of my compact disks. I also noticed that X will not start when CD-ROM
is in its bay.

It seems to me that someone posted a message suggesting that an upgrade of the
ide-cd.c device driver cures the problem, but I cannot find the mail message.
I would appreciate if someone posted a procedure for fixing the bug.

Thank you.
-- Marek R. Rychlik

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