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Date:      Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:34:35 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To:        Marty Cawthon <mrc@ChipChat.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mounting a 2nd CD-ROM Drive
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990429163306.7628D-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990429171202X.mrc@ChipChat.com>

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On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Marty Cawthon wrote:

> I am unable to mount a 2nd CD-ROM drive.
> I have tried several things, read the man pages, and searched
> FAQs and mailing lists.  I ask for some suggestions from other
> BSDaemons...
> 
> 1) Hardware configuration:
>   SCSI ID=0  CD-ROM drive
>   SCSI ID=3  CDR drive
> 
> 2) FreeBSD 3.1-Stable seems happy with it
> -----------------
> #dmesg | grep cd
> cd0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> cd0: <MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-508 XS03> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device 
> cd0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
> cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
> cd1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0
> cd1: <YAMAHA CRW4416S 1.0f> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device 
> cd1: 8.333MB/s transfers (8.333MHz, offset 15)
> cd1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed
> ---------------------------
> 
> 3) I am able to SUCCESSFULLY Write CD-ROMs using 'cdrecord' from the 'ports'.
> 
> 4) But when I try to mount the CDRW device, it fails.
>    Mounting the CD-ROM device succeeds.
> 
> What I have tried:
> 
>   Preliminary:
>     #mkdir /cdrw
> 
> Mount Attempt 1:
>   #mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/cd1c /cdrw
> cd9660: No such file or directory
> 
> Mount Attempt 2:
>   edit "/etc/fstab"; Copy & modify the last line so it looks like:
> 
> # Device		Mountpoint	FStype	Options		Dump	Pass#
> <snip>
> /dev/cd0c		/cdrom		cd9660	ro,noauto	0	0
> /dev/cd1c		/cdrw		cd9660	ro,noauto	0	0
> 
>   #mount /cdrw
>   cd9660: no such file or directory
> 
> Stabbing in the dark....
>   Despite what the kernel config file says about 'cd0'
> I tried to make a device:
> 
>   #cd /dev
>   #./MAKEDEV cd1
>   #
>   #ls cd*
>    ... ...  cd0a  cd0c  (but no cd1 device)
> 
>   #./MAKDEV cd1a
>   [: 1c: trailing non-numeric characters
>   (ditto)
>   cd1c is invalid -- can't have more than 32 cd devices
> 
> Request:
>   I have run out of ideas.
> Suggestions are welcome.

./MAKEDEV cd2

-Alfred




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