Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 08:04:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com> To: Mike Witte <mike@galileo.rhein.de> Cc: hardware <hardware@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Magneto-optical disks Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.960423075632.73948B-100000@vv.psiint.com> In-Reply-To: <50453629@reliant.rhein.de>
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On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Mike Witte wrote: > I keep getting similar messages with my Sony MOD: > > (ncr0:4:0): "SONY SMO-C501-00E 3.02" type 0 removable SCSI 1 > sd2(ncr0:4:0): Direct-Access > sd2(ncr0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB > sd2 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry This error shouldn't be a problem, since it's identical to the one I get. > sd2(ncr0:4:0): NOT READY asc:a,0 Error log overflow > sd2: could not get size > 0MB (0 512 byte sectors) > > Since it cannot get the number of blocks (block size is wrong, too. should > be 1024 bytes), I cannot use the drive at all. (or does someone know > better?). Anything I could do to use the drive? Beats me. This is just a shot in the dark, but is it possible that the parameters to newfs can be used to override the detected size? Oh, here's a thought... Is there a disk in the drive when you get that error? If not, try booting with a disk in there. Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Unix Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================
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