My Riocar is stuck on Building Music Databases. I have The Developer Image and Hijack Installed.

I can connect only via serial port , but I cannot drop to shell (when i press Q , Ctrl-A or Ctrl-T it just ignores it?

Here is the output i get:

Partition check:

hda:hda: set_geom(16383,16,63)

[PTBL] [2432/255/63] hda1 < hda5 hda6 > hda2 hda3 hda4

RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0

RAMDISK: Loading 320 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... |/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\done.

VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).

empeg-pump v0.03 (19980601)
Press Ctrl-A to enter pump...VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.

change_root: old root has d_count=1

Trying to unmount old root ... okay

Freeing unused kernel memory: 4k init

empeg init 0.8
I see this is a developer image!
Mounting proc
Mounting first music partition
Tried to mount /dev/hda4 as reiserfs but got error 19
Mounting second music partition
Tried to mount /dev/hdc4 but got error 6
Error mounting partitions (possibly already mounted)
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
No secondary hard disk
Press 'q' now to go into development mode. You Have Zero Seconds To ComðStarting player

khttpd: listening on port 80

kftpd: listening on port 21

player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00-beta11 2002/02/08.
! tags.cpp : 61:Failed to open tags (0xc0041002).

[ then it repeats this next block ad infinitum]:

attempt to access beyond end of device

03:04: rw=0, want=1073758212, limit=19430617

dev 03:04 blksize=1024 blocknr=1073758211 sector=-2147450874 size=1024 count=1

EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,4)): ext2_readdir: directory #129 contains a hole at offset 0

Remounting filesystem read-only

attempt to access beyond end of device


any suggestions? I am still combing the FAQ and I haven't yet opened the device yet to check for loose cables.

I also am now getting Hard Drive Not Found / Customer Support message intermittently.

It wont allow me to flash to an older kernel either.

It's either a loose cable(more likely), or the HD going bad(less likely).

i actually bought it second hand.
I opened it up and the cables aren't loose.
i guess my only option is to replace the drive.

What is the serial number of this unit?

Before scrapping the hard drive, try reinstalling EVERYTHING from scratch.

I can't get it to reinstall any image at the moment.


Should I try installing that disk rebuilding image?

Yes, that's what I would try.

You probably have a faulty drive cable. email me for a replacement.

i actually bought it second hand. I opened it up and the cables aren't loose. i guess my only option is to replace the drive.

No.

First, contact David in support and replace the cable.

Even if the connectors are plugged in tight, the cable and/or connectors themselves are probably faulty. It is about 80% likely that this is your problem.

tanstaafl.

ya dont give up hop, i thought my drive was bad, but i just messed with the jumped, you dont happen to have a double drive unit do ya?

Thanks Empeg!

I got my cable promptly! I really appretiate it.

I replaced the cable but unfortunately it didnt solve the problem.
I get NO HARD DISK FOUND CONTACT SUPPORT with the new cable.

When i go back to the old one.. i stillg et stuck on Building music database

I get NO HARD DISK FOUND CONTACT SUPPORT with the new cable.

Be absolutely certain that you do not have the new cable installed with a one-pin offset from its correct position either on the hard drive or the mainboard. The IBM Travelstar drives are built in such a fashion that it is not only easy to offset the cable by one pin, it actually looks more "correct" that way.

tanstaafl.

I actually have a 20 gig Hitachi Drive in there .. I'm still trying of course