Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:34:05 -0700 From: Michelle Weeks <tristan11@mindspring.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cdrom - device not configured error Message-ID: <DCA7DFFC-71ED-11D7-9E6F-000393843210@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <053701c305f8$c0886b60$0264a8c0@ovirt.dyndns.ws>
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On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 03:20 PM, W. Sierke wrote: > "Michelle Weeks" wrote: >> i'm trying to mount /dev/acd0c and i keep getting the error "device >> not >> configured". the freebsd handbook states that either the drive does >> not think there is a cd in the tray or the machine can't see the drive >> on the bus. i've put the cd in the tray several times, tried multiple >> cds that can be read by another freebsd machine and still the error >> "device not configured". this is a production server and i would like >> to avoid bringing the server down if at all possible. is there a way >> to tell if the machine can see the cdrom drive on the bus? or is >> there >> something else that could be causing this behavior? > > atacontrol should be useful. Note the warnings in the manpage about > potential (bad!) results of incorrect usage, however! But should be > fine to > use the 'list' command for this purpose: > > # atacontrol list > ATA channel 0: > Master: ad0 <ST380024A/3.33> ATA/ATAPI rev 6 > Slave: no device present > ATA channel 1: > Master: acd0 <CD-ROM 40X/AKU/T02> ATA/ATAPI rev 0 > Slave: no device present > > That should at least tell you if it's seeing the drive. You could > perhaps > try the "reinit" command on the appropriate channel (if it only has the > cdrom, etc. on it), but perhaps only as a last resort in case it has > unwanted consequences! It's quite possible that the drive is simply no > longer serviceable. :( > > thank you wayne. i tried the command atacontrol list and get the following error: atacontrol: control device not found: No such file or directory?
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