Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 14:11:36 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com (Howard Lew) Cc: rb@gid.co.uk, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Iomega Zip Message-ID: <199707190441.OAA12625@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970718210723.29226F-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> from Howard Lew at "Jul 18, 97 09:09:11 pm"
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Howard Lew stands accused of saying: > > The probe doesn't look right, but it works: The probe is _exactly_ right. > sd0 at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 > sd0: Direct-Access > sd0: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB > sd0 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry The drive has refused a MODE SENSE command, so it's not possible to establish its geometry. Geometry is only (really) relevant for processing the MBR. Instead, the driver will fake some sensible falues. > sd0: NOT READY asc:3a,0 Medium not present > sd0: could not get size > 0MB (0 512 byte sectors) The driver has attempted to interrogate the drive to obtain its total size in sectors. The drive reports an error because you haven't inserted a disk. This is common for removables, particularly those that support more than one media size. > sd0: with 0 cyls, 64 heads, and an average 32 sectors/track And this is the resultant fake geometry, given a size of 0 sectors. It's good enough. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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