Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:45:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Woody Carey <carey@roguewave.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: CDROM drive doesn't probe if no CD present [Was:cannot mount cd indicates bad ide cd drive - replace?] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906221243070.99084-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <EB55BCC162CAD111BD0A00A0C9979E3201944DA2@CVO1>
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I'm lofting this up on -hackers to get the attention of the ATAPI CD driver programmer -- Soren, you still around? Take a look at this. On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Woody Carey wrote: > Ok, here is some more information: > > Here is the behavior when there is no cd in the drive at bootup [reboot, > actually] > ^M^[[Kmyname# mount /cdrom > cd9660: Input/output error > myname# dmesg [...] > wdc0: unit 1 (atapi): <ATAPI CDROM/V2.10>, removable, accel, dma, iordy > acd0: drive speed 0 - 4125KB/sec, 128KB cache > acd0: supported read types: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA > acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels > acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray > acd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside, unlocked > and here is the dmesg output and mount output with a cd in the drive at > boot: > > myname# dmesg [...] > wdc0: unit 1 (atapi): <ATAPI CDROM/V2.10>, removable, accel, dma, iordy > acd0: drive speed 4125KB/sec, 128KB cache > acd0: supported read types: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA > acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels > acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray > acd0: Medium: CD-ROM 120mm data disc loaded, unlocked > myname# mount /cdrom > > There was some success message on the console after this mount > indicating success. > It did not appear in this script output, obviously. Bizarre. That may be a driver bug or your drive is getting into an inconsistent state if it doesn't boot with a CD present. What brand/model of CD drive is it? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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