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Missing CDROM icon

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Yesterday I replaced my DDS with an LTO2 & my SUN DVD with a new one that came from an IBM system (unsure what IBM system) & fitted a DM10.

All went well, only took 2 attempts to get the jumpers not conflicting and both work and look really nice.

But the CDROM ICON is missing from the desktop. The drive works perfect, I can navigate to it via command line and also via fm.

The DVD id is 3 8 (I thought they only went up to 7, shows how long it's been since I messed with SCSI).

hinv shows the DVD up fine also. Where's my ICON gone?
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chkconfig mediad on?
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robespierre wrote: chkconfig mediad on?

yep
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Which SCSI buss do you have the DVD connected to? Perusing some of the Fuel hinv posts seems to suggest

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Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL12160, single ended
CDROM: unit 6 on SCSI controller 1
might have been the default config. Might be also worth taking a look to see what other configuration jumpers/options there are on the drive (other than SCSI ID) and how they compare to the original drive.
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There are two SCSI cables inside the Fuel: one to the harddisks, one to the CD/DVD-ROM. The latter is a traditional 50-pin cable, so narrow SCSI. IIRC, narrow SCSI only allowed 8 devices on a bus, numbered 0 ... 7. So if you jumpered your device to ID 8, I can imagine there's a problem.
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So I took the drive out and investigated more. It has some pcb on the back, which I thought nothing about at first, and the pins seem to miss a termination option.
Googling it, it turns out this is an IDE DVD with an ACARD IDE to SCSI convertor, model 7722.
http://dl.acard.com/manual/english/7722(E).pdf

The drive cost £18, I'm unsure to send it back since the Adapter seems rather interesting.

So I've put a DAT72 in the mean time.
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Oh, that sounds like a good deal, since the SCSI-IDE adapters are uncommon and are being sold for prices well over 50 euro. Well, i admit, it was a few years ago when i last bought one.

The only downside to that adapter is that its SCSI connector is a 68-pin and according to Jan-Jaap, the Fuel has a 50-pin specially for the DVD-ROM connection. If the AEC-7722 can be forced to do narrow SCSI and if you can get a 68 to 50 pin converter, you can hook it up and check if it's working.
The AEC-7722 manual does state that the adapter doesn't perform SCSI to IDE conversion for control commands, so some functions like DVD-burning (if the drive is capable of that) probably doesn't work.
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dexter1 wrote: Oh, that sounds like a good deal, since the SCSI-IDE adapters are uncommon and are being sold for prices well over 50 euro. Well, i admit, it was a few years ago when i last bought one.

The only downside to that adapter is that its SCSI connector is a 68-pin and according to Jan-Jaap, the Fuel has a 50-pin specially for the DVD-ROM connection. If the AEC-7722 can be forced to do narrow SCSI and if you can get a 68 to 50 pin converter, you can hook it up and check if it's working.
The AEC-7722 manual does state that the adapter doesn't perform SCSI to IDE conversion for control commands, so some functions like DVD-burning (if the drive is capable of that) probably doesn't work.

Popped the SUN DVD back in and all is well again.. well apart from the colours, I suppose I will have to keep the flap closed.

Both the LTO and DVD where on the same LVD 50 pins on SCSI 0 QL12160. Now though, The SUN DVD is a Low voltage 50 pins SCSI connector (oblong).

So what to do with the IDE-SCSI Convertor... ah.. :shock: WTF http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACARD-AEC-7722-68-Pin-LVD-SCSI-to-IDE-Bridge-/261323017439?hash=item3cd810ccdf:g:DLYAAOSwPhdVGckA
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So what to do with the IDE-SCSI Convertor... ah.. :shock: WTF http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACARD-AEC-772 ... SwPhdVGckA


Boy brother uunix, you sure fscking made out on that deal!! :)
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