From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 16:48:36 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 D467F16A4CF for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:48:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD38F43FE9 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:48:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by rutger.owt.com (8.11.6p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id hAH0mRu21102; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:48:27 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: sad@mailaps.org, "Stefan A. Deutscher" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:48:26 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20031117002611.A3319@tiscali.de> In-Reply-To: <20031117002611.A3319@tiscali.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311161648.26977.kstewart@owt.com> Subject: Re: DVD-RAM on FreeBSD 5.1R (LG 4040)? 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: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:48:36 -0000 On Sunday 16 November 2003 04:26 pm, Stefan A. Deutscher wrote: > 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. > ruby# more /boot/loader.conf # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # userconfig_script_load="YES" hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" Enough of a hint :). Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html