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Date:      Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:48:50 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        "gs_stoller@juno.com" <gs_stoller@juno.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CDROM
Message-ID:  <20060710194850.07add928.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060710.162705.3453.309952@webmail32.nyc.untd.com>
References:  <20060710.162705.3453.309952@webmail32.nyc.untd.com>

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"gs_stoller@juno.com" <gs_stoller@juno.com> wrote:

> 	I can read from my  CDROM  under  Windows 98 , but when I try 
> to read from it under  FreeBSD 4.3  I get told that the device is busy.
> My presumption is that either part of the device driver is corrupted, 
> or there is some status data kept long time that is never reset but it 
> tells the system that the device is busy.
> 	What can I do to resolve the difficulty?  If I need a new copy 
> of the device driver, where can I get it (do I need to know the type of
>  CDROM  that I have, I believe it is  ATAPI )?

You can start by describing _exactly_ what you are doing and the _exact_
results.

Cut and paste of a session demonstrating the problem would be good.

-- 
Bill Moran

Sometimes I think I'm stupid.  The rest of the time I'm sure of it.




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