Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:02:23 -0700 From: Woody Carey <carey@roguewave.com> To: "'Mark Thomas'" <thomas@pmpro.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: cannot mount cd indicates bad ide cd drive - replace? Message-ID: <EB55BCC162CAD111BD0A00A0C9979E3201944D91@cvo1.cvo.roguewave.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Thomas [mailto:thomas@pmpro.com] > Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 4:26 AM > To: Woody Carey; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: cannot mount cd indicates bad ide cd drive - replace? > > > At 08:42 AM 6/17/99 -0700, Woody Carey wrote: > >On my new (last night) FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE box > >[PII-233x2, 128 Mb RAM, 4G IDE HD, IDE (ATAPI) CD] > >I have been unable to 'mount /cdrom' as root. Trying to > >do so has resulted in the following error message: > >cd9660: Input/Output error > > > >This is the same cd drive I used to install (flawlessly) with. > >Reading the mailing list archives, I see that the response from the > >list to this error is to the effect of "You have a flaky cd drive". > > > >So, does this mean I have to replace the drive? Or is there a less > >drastic solution? I can post dmesg output if that would help. > > Two thoughts: > > Did you configure and install a custom kernel without 9660 support? Not to my knowledge. What will my kernel config file contain to confirm this? The cd drive shows up in dmesg as both acd0, and w??0 unit 1. The /etc/fstab is trying to mount_cd9660 -o ro -o noauto /dev/wdc0 /cdrom. > > Do you actually have a disc in the drive? Yes. CD 3 of the WC 3.2-R 4-disc set. > Mark > > --- > Mark Thomas -- thomas@pmpro.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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