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Date:      Sun, 21 Apr 2002 11:43:35 -0700
From:      rob <rob@pythonemproject.com>
To:        Paul Schenkeveld <fb-mobile@psconsult.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CD/CD-RW drive not working on Dell Inspiron 7500
Message-ID:  <3CC30856.FB7ADC25@pythonemproject.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110171515130.77938-100000@world.tonkinresolutions.com> <20020418135020.A66864@psconsult.nl> <20020421171008.A2998@psconsult.nl>

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Glad you got it working.  Somewhere either on the web or mailing lists I
once saw a rating for CDR and CDRW media based on the color of the
burning layer.  So you could go to a store and look and see what color
it was before buying it.  Rob.


Paul Schenkeveld wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Thanks to Brian, Lars and Rob for pointing at my media.  Although
> the error messages suggest unsupported commands being sent to the
> driver or the drive, the media seems to be the culprit.
> 
> I was able to write to a Sony CD-RW certified for 1x, 2x and 4x
> speed.  Writing to an Imation 4x-10x speed CD-RW doesn't work at
> any speed however (although Dell specifies the drive as 8x speed).
> I also tried using the Dell supplied software under XP (sorry, I
> hate that but I just wanted to be sure) with the same results.
> 
> I also wasn't able to write audio to any media.  Burncd always
> replies:
> 
>     $ burncd -s 1 audio track001.raw
>     writing from file track001.raw size 36111 KB
> 
>     only wrote -1 of 37632 bytes
> 
> and the console barks at me:
> 
>     acd0: WRITE_BIG - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=64 ascq=00 error=00
> 
> My kernel is a RELENG_4_5 (pl 3) because a RELENG_4 kernel cannot
> access my CD-RW drive at all (get a device not configured error
> although acd0 appears in dmesg).
> 
> So far I can live with this situation as burning audio is not
> really important to me and I think I'll just throw away the
> Imation media and get some more Sony 1x-4x media to work with.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul Schenkeveld
> 
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 01:50:21PM +0200, Paul Schenkeveld wrote:
> > Hi Nick, FreeBSD community,
> >
> > I just got a Dell Inspiron showing the same error messages under
> > FreeBSD 4.5 pl3.  Since I saw no followup with a solution I was
> > wondering whether you got the CD/RW to work (ie. to write writable
> > and rewritable media).
> >
> > I can mount and read CDs and a CDRW written on a Yamaha SCSI burner
> > but 'burncd msinfo' and 'burncd blank' already give errors.  From
> > my kernel config:
> >
> > device                ata0    at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14
> > device                ata1    at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15
> > device                ata
> > device                atadisk                 # ATA disk drives
> > device                atapicd                 # ATAPI CDROM drives
> > #evice                atapifd                 # ATAPI floppy drives
> > #evice                atapist                 # ATAPI tape drives
> >
> > >From /var/log/messages:
> >
> > Apr 18 11:35:41 i4100 /kernel: acd0: CD-RW <HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8080N> at ata1-master using PIO4
> > Apr 18 13:30:37 i4100 /kernel: acd0: READ_BIG - MEDIUM ERROR asc=02 ascq=00 error=00
> > Apr 18 13:31:34 i4100 /kernel: acd0: READ_TRACK_INFO - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=24 ascq=00 error=00
> > Apr 18 13:31:44 i4100 /kernel: acd0: READ_TRACK_INFO - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=24 ascq=00 error=00
> > Apr 18 13:33:43 i4100 /kernel: acd0: BLANK_CMD - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=64 ascq=00 error=00
> >
> > Bye,
> >
> > Paul Schenkeveld
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 03:17:22PM -0700, Nick Tonkin wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello FreeBSD folks,
> > >
> > > I cannot get the CD-CD/RW drive to work under FreeBSD 4.4 on my Dell
> > > inspiron  7500. I know this has been brought up before but I could not
> > > find a solution.
> > >
> > > The CD drive is made by Matsushita I think, product number is UJDA310L
> > >
> > > Note that the behavior is different depending on whether or not there
> > > is a disk in tghe drive at boot. When I start the machine with a disk in
> > > it I get this:
> > >
> > >  root@bomba ~>dmesg | grep -n acd0
> > > 78:acd0: CDROM <UJDA310 Program Loader> at ata1-master using PIO2
> > > 86:acd0: PREVENT_ALLOW - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > > 87:acd0: PREVENT_ALLOW - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > > 88:acd0: PREVENT_ALLOW - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > > 89:acd0: READ_BIG - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > > 90:acd0: PREVENT_ALLOW - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > >
> > > ... and then:
> > >
> > > root@bomba ~>mount /cdrom
> > > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Input/output error
> > >
> > > ... whereas if I start the machine without a disk in it, I get:
> > >
> > > root@bomba ~>grep -n acd0 ~nick/foo
> > > 78:acd0: CD-RW <UJDA310> at ata1-master using PIO4
> > > 167:acd0: CD-RW <UJDA310> a4 ata1-master using PIO4
> > > 256:acd0: CD-RW <UJDA310> at ata1-master using PIO4
> > > 351:acd0: CD-RW <UJDA310> at ata1-master using PIO4
> > > 358:acd0: PREVENT_ALLOW - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > > 359:acd0: PREVENT_ALLOW - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > > 360:acd0: READ_BIG - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > > 361:acd0: PREVENT_ALLOW - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=20 ascq=00 error=00
> > >
> > > ... and then I can open the drive OK, insert a disk, close the drive
> > > manually (the drawer is not drawn in by the motor as with other CD-ROM
> > > drives I have used, or as with this one under windoze), and then I get:
> > >
> > > root@bomba ~>mount /cdrom
> > > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Input/output error
> > >  ... followed by the same series of errors.
> > >
> > > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > root@bomba ~>uname -a
> > > FreeBSD bomba.rlnt.net 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Wed Oct 17
> > > 12:59:32
> > >  PDT 2001     root@bomba.rlnt.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/WITHSOUND  i386
> > >
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Nick Tonkin
> > >
> > >
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