Thank you for the advice. I have upgraded to the latest kernel,
(2.6.12-1.1398_FC4).
Unfortunately, this did not solve my problem. As I write this, I have
inserted a data DVD into one of the internal drives (the one I installed
Fedora from), and the light continues to blink without the files on it
being accessible. The drive does not respond to attempts to eject it
either from within Gnome or by pressing the button on the drive itself.
The only way I will be able to remove the DVD is to reboot and press
eject during the boot process, before Linux takes hold (I've been
through this before).
Also, I've noticed an error message during the boot process that occurs
if I leave the DVD in the drive while booting Fedora:
mknod: failed to create /dev/console:17
mknod: failed to create /dev/null:17
mknod: failed to create /dev/zero:17
hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
hdc: drive not ready for command
Here is the output of lspci -v:
[root@localhost ~]# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82820 820 (Camino) Chipset Host
Bridge (MCH) (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0092
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82820 820 (Camino) Chipset AGP
Bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
Memory behind bridge: fc000000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f2000000-f5ffffff
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
(prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fbffffff
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02) (prog-if
80 [Master])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02) (prog-if
00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at ff80 [size=32]
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at dcd0 [size=16]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2
Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
Expansion ROM at c0000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
02:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4780 SBLive! Value
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
I/O ports at ece0 [size=32]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
02:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port
(rev 07)
Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at ecd8 [size=8]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
(rev 78)
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0092
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
Memory at fafffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at fb000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
