From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 14 23:43:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A58C16A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:43:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from titan.open-networks.net (dsl-202-173-148-209.qld.westnet.com.au [202.173.148.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A499343D4C for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:43:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from timothy@open-networks.net) Received: from [192.168.1.200] (unknown [192.168.1.1]) by titan.open-networks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5686667F; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:43:50 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <41BF7AB5.4090603@open-networks.net> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:43:49 +1000 From: Timothy Smith User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20041023) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <41BEF5A3.8010603@open-networks.net> <200412140749.30400.james@idea-anvil.net> In-Reply-To: <200412140749.30400.james@idea-anvil.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:43:52 -0000 titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mount cd9660: /dev/cd0a: Invalid argument the exact same issue. reinstalling etc is not an option since this is a development machine and i need to work on it all the time, can't afford for it to be down. fyi i am using freebsd 4.10 release is there a way i can delete /dev/acd0* and remake the device, could this be a fix? James wrote: >Hi, > >Have you tried: > ># mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mntpnt > >Seeing as how you said its a cdrw, I remember reading somewhere to >use /dev/cd0 and not /dev/acd0 > >On Tuesday 14 December 2004 07:16 am, Timothy Smith wrote: > > >>i have a genuine problem here. >>i noticed my backup cdrw's had stopped working at some point. upon >>furthur investigation i find i cannot mount cd's full stop. >> >>titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /mount >>cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argument >> >>the above command makes the drive light flicker for 3 seconds then the >>error. >> >>this is NOT a hardware problem. i get the exact same issue with my brand >>new dvd drive. >> >>here is what dmesg gas to say: >>acd0: DVD-R at ata1-slave WDMA2 >>da0 at hpt3740 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 >>da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device >>da0: 190782MB (390721957 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 24321C) >>Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a >>cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 >>cd0: Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device >>cd0: 16.000MB/s transfers >>cd0: cd present [1 x 2048 byte records] >> >>note this was working perfectly. >>i suspect that some how my ata device has gone "bad" some how. >> >>let me get the obvious replys out of the way: >>yes i have googled nothing i can find has even touched on a fix. >>yes there is a disc in the drive >>no it is not an audio disk. >>there is nothing else connected to the ide ports. >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >