Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:17:41 +0000 From: phj <phj@www.transfar.com> To: "Foster, Jim" <JFOSTER@CSKAUTO.COM> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mount CD-ROM returns "input/output error" Message-ID: <36231AB5.10B783F3@www.transfar.com> References: <BF4A830F5207D2119420006008A1DB147F081D@v128041.vandenberg.af.mil>
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Are you sure the CD-ROM light was off before you mounted CD ? If the light is on ,you would get the message----- "/dev/wcd0x: Input/output error". Foster, Jim wrote: > Hi all; > > I just put up a FreeBSD box this weekend (2.2.7-RELEASE). At this point, I > seem to have only one real problem. I can only access my ATAPI CD-ROM drive > under very certain circumstances. > > I have to cold-boot my computer with the CD-ROM that I want to look at in > the drive. Warm-boots don't make a difference. > > If I do the cold-boot, then I can mount and umount until my heart is > content--as long as I don't open the tray. As soon as I open the tray (the > volume unmounted, of course) and close it again, I can't mount the volume. > It does not matter if it is a different disc or the same one. It will not > mount until I cold-boot. This gets old real quick! > > I have tried various forms of the mount command and the mount_cd9660 command > directly. With the mount command I just get an obscure "cd9660: /dev/wcd0a: > Input/output error" (I am doing this from memory). With the mount_cd9660 > command I get a different, but equally obscure command. Something about not > being able to find the first session. I then tried using '-s 0' with > mount_cd9660 since that is what '-v' reported, but it still does not work. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Jim > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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