CDROM (NEC-260) stopped working a few versions ago

[Mark Orr]

somewhere around 2.1.60, my CDROM stopped working -- can't
mount it, cant play CD audio.

It's a NEC-260 (which I had to take from Gateway 2000 with
my CPU Upgrade) -- it used a preliminary ATAPI standard which
the rest of the industry didn't settle on, unfortunately.

Linux drivers worked fine for the drive up until a few
kernel versions ago.

The IDE drivers seem to think that it's a IDE-Floppy.

Here's what the log says:
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Dec  2 05:27:14 darkstar kernel: ide-floppy: hdc: I/O error, pc = 5a, key =  5, 
asc = 24, ascq =  0
Dec  2 05:27:14 darkstar kernel: ide-floppy: Can't get drive capabilities
Dec  2 05:27:14 darkstar kernel: ide-floppy: hdc: I/O error, pc = 23, key =  5, 
asc = 20, ascq =  0
Dec  2 05:27:14 darkstar kernel: ide-floppy: Can't get floppy parameters

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Mark Orr
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