Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 14:30:54 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Kuri <jaykuri@flowbee.interaccess.com> To: "Rodney C. Forbes" <urcf@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI-2 CDROM problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.951116213224.9519B-100000@flowbee.interaccess.com> In-Reply-To: <199511170002.TAA26182@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
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> I recently purchased a RENO portable SCSI-2 CDROM player made by Media Vision.
I have the same drive. More info following.
> Nov 16 16:30:28 aries /kernel: (ahc0:5:0): "MEDIAVIS RENO CD-ROMX2A 2.04" type 5 removable SCSI 2
> Nov 16 16:30:28 aries /kernel: cd1(ahc0:5:0): CD-ROM
> Nov 16 16:30:28 aries /kernel: cd1(ahc0:5:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0
> Nov 16 16:30:28 aries /kernel: cd1(ahc0:5:0): Not ready to ready transition, medium may have changed
> Nov 16 16:30:28 aries /kernel: cd present.[400000 x 2048 byte records]
I don't think this message in itself is anything to worry about. I
have seen it before on other drives that work... so I don't believe this is
something to concern yourself with. However, There is a problem with the
RENO CD-Rom.
> Once the system was booted, he tried to access the drive. It kept timing out
> to the point that he had to reboot. I believe his SCSI-2 adapter is configured
> properly, because he has a working tape drive hanging off it. SCSI id's were
> set so that there were no conflicts. The CDROM drive was last device on the
> chain. It was the only device terminated.
As I said, I have the same drive. It is a strange one. There is
currently a discussion about it going on in the FreeBSD-scsi list.
Whenever you try to access it you get a cd1(xxx0:1:0): timed out (or
similar) message. There is definately some strangeness related to this
drive. I see you have chipset 2.04 on the drive (pretty new). I got my
hands on the reno with the 1.03 chipset and it mounts and unmounts
consistantly. This leads me to believe that it has to do with something
that MediaVision did between those versions. I am trying to figure out
how to solve the problem right now. I have attempted to contact
mediavision but have gotten no response as of yet. The odd thing is that
I can mount it and unmount it and access it in DOS using standard scsi
and cd-rom drivers. I am going to try to figure out what exactly is
going on. In the meantime, I would like your permission to reference (or
forward) your note to the scsi list. Now I know its not just the drive
that I have, it's the 2.04 line.
> Does anyone have any suggestions that may help us to get this drive working?
I did manage to get this drive to mount twice. As to what exactly
to do to make it do so... I don't know. Once the drive was mounted, it
worked fine. In any case, I will forward any info to you that I get.
Jay K.
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