Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 14:18:50 -0800 (PST) From: Sefkan Botani <sefkan@tr909.trackstar.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: CD-Burning / missing device? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011111417430.57515-100000@tr909.trackstar.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GHP.4.05.10011111351360.25784-100000@steroid.ecst.csuchico.edu>
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> Hello, > > I've been trying to make a backup of certain directory > and I've run accross some strange problems. > > 1) I have two cd devices, one straight cdrom drive, > and the second (obviously) a burner. > Both are detected and show up as "cd" and "cd1" > respectively. > > dmesg... > cd0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 > cd0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6401TA 1009> Removable CD-ROM > SCSI-2 device > cd0: 20.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 16) > cd1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 > cd1: <JVC XR-W2010 1.51> Removable Worm SCSI-2 device > cd1: 3.300MB/s transfers > cd1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, > medium not present > ...dmesg > > ( > Yes yes I know that the transfer rate is REALLY slow > for "cd1", please ignore that since it's only a temp > hookup - external w/ centronics50 to HD50 adapter - > the likely culprit/bottleneck > ) > > Anyway... > > 2) Despite both "cd" and "cd1" showing up in dmesg, > only "cd0c","cd0a","rcd0c","rcd0a" existed in > /dev. Simple right? Wrong. > I went to /dev and ran the familiar ./MAKEDEV > sequence for "cd1" and the shell deceptively > returned the next prompt; but no devices were > created. So I then tried the following: > ./MAKEDEV cd1 -- returned nothing > ./MAKEDEV rcd1 > rcd1: no such device name > > the same error was returned for "rcd1a","rcd1c" > > > Any ideas? anyone? > How come the MAKEDEV script fails? > And on attempting to create "cd1*" "cd1?" "rcd1?" ? > (switch "*" and "?" with appropriate items "a" "c"...) > > thanks in advance folks :) > -Sefkan Botani > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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