From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 22 12:45:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B531535E; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:45:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA49211; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:45:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:45:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Woody Carey Cc: "'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?] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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): , 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): , 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-hackers" in the body of the message