Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 07:26:24 -0400 From: Mark Thomas <thomas@pmpro.com> To: Woody Carey <carey@roguewave.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cannot mount cd indicates bad ide cd drive - replace? Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990618072624.010ce2c0@pop.pmpro.com> In-Reply-To: <EB55BCC162CAD111BD0A00A0C9979E3201944D87@cvo1.cvo.roguewav e.com>
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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? Do you actually have a disc in the drive? Mark --- Mark Thomas -- thomas@pmpro.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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