From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 24 13:30:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from fw2.roguewave.com (fw2.roguewave.com [208.151.233.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF242151BF; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:30:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carey@roguewave.com) Received: by fw2.roguewave.com; id VAA02963; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cvo1.cvo.roguewave.com(10.68.4.36) via SMTP by hub.FreeBSD.ORG, id smtpd002935; Thu Jun 24 21:34:15 1999 Received: by CVO1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:32:24 -0700 Message-ID: From: Woody Carey To: "'Doug White'" , 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?] Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:32:23 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Re: what brand/model is it? US Drives 40x Model:USDRIVES 24DT > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 12:45 PM > 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?] > > > 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