From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 15:15:14 2003 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 068BB16A4CE for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:15:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from webmail.tiscali.de (relay1.tiscali.de [62.26.116.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC72043FEA for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:15:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sa.deutscher@tiscali.de) Received: from localhost (217.235.4.224) by webmail.tiscali.de (6.7.019) id 3F9D28A8008F9C7F for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:15:11 +0100 Received: by localhost (IBM OS/2 SENDMAIL VERSION 2.0/2.0) id AAA048.17; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:26:17 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:26:11 +0000 From: "Stefan A. Deutscher" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031117002611.A3319@tiscali.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.15i X-Operating-System: OS/2 2.45 X-Machine-Uptime: localhost: uptime is 0 days, 22:54 hours and 09 seconds Subject: DVD-RAM on FreeBSD 5.1R (LG 4040)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: sad@mailaps.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 23:15:14 -0000 Hi all, just got an ATAPI LG 4040 multiwriter (CD-R/RW, DVD+/-R,+/-RW, and DVD-RAM) and wish to use it on FreeBSD 5.1. While still having to configure the system to address it in UDMA rather than PIO 4 mode, it installed fine. Reading and writing CDs in all possible variations works fine with burncd. Yet many of my scripts are written for cdrecord, so I'd rather stick with that tool instead of learing yet another one. Two questions arise (a) How do I get such a unit to treat DVD-RAM just as slow, random access optical media (much like an MO-Disk)? I do not wish to do burncd or cdrecord on it, I wish to write to it directly, if possible. Alas, I could not put a new disk label on the blank (disklabel says 'unknown type: auto'), and newfs does not like it either. So I am stuck. (b) Google and the online handbook (for 4.x though) tell me that I need device atapicam device scbus device pass in my kernel to get to use the ATAPI unit like a SCSI unit (e.g. with cdrecord and friends). However, on 5.1R I cannot find any mention of an atapicam device, neither in GENERIC nor in the hints nor NOTES. Now, what's a man to do? I checked the freebsd.org FAQs and archives, google and the news groups, but most stuff there is not really conclusive. In case this is a FAQ, after all, please just post a pointer. Any hints are much appreciated. Thanks in advance & cheers, Stefan -- ============================================================================ Stefan A. Deutscher | Donostia International Physics Center | office: ++34-943-018174 Universidad del Pais Vasco, Facultad de Quimica | fax : ++34-943-015600 Departamento de Fisica de Materiales | home : ++34-943-270647 Apartado 1072, San Sebastian 20080, Spain | email : sad@mailaps.org ============================================================================