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Date:      Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:46:18 -0600
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        Mark Abene <phiber@radicalmedia.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ioctl problem with IDE cdrom drive...
Message-ID:  <20000429234618.A62831@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000429223459.R18160@radicalmedia.com>; from phiber@radicalmedia.com on Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 10:34:59PM -0400
References:  <20000429223459.R18160@radicalmedia.com>

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On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 22:34:59 -0400, Mark Abene wrote:
> Is anyone aware of problems with doing ioctls on IDE CDROM drives?
> I'm trying to use xmcd/cda to play CD's, and it fails when trying to do
> a CDIOCREADSUBCHANNEL ioctl, returning errno 25 (inappropriate ioctl for
> device).  My cdrom drive works fine otherwise in all respects.
> I've e-mailed the author of xmcd, and we're at a loss as to why this common
> ioctl is failing.  He's using the call to detect whether a disc has been
> inserted.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions?

Well, make sure you're using the correct device.  I think it should be
/dev/acd0a or /dev/acd0c.

If you're still having trouble after that, I would suggest contacting the
ATA driver author, Soren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org>.

Ken
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Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org


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