Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:17:37 +0000 From: "Stefan A. Deutscher" <sa.deutscher@tiscali.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DVD-RAM on FreeBSD 5.1R (LG 4040)? Message-ID: <20031117231737.C3319@tiscali.de> In-Reply-To: <20031117002611.A3319@tiscali.de>; from Stefan A. Deutscher on Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:26:11AM %2B0000 References: <20031117002611.A3319@tiscali.de>
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:26:11AM +0000, Stefan A. Deutscher wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> just got an ATAPI LG 4040 multiwriter (CD-R/RW, DVD+/-R,+/-RW, and
> DVD-RAM) and wish to use it on FreeBSD 5.1. While still having to
> configure the system to address it in UDMA rather than PIO 4 mode, it
> installed fine. Reading and writing CDs in all possible variations works
> fine with burncd. Yet many of my scripts are written for cdrecord, so
> I'd rather stick with that tool instead of learing yet another one.
>
> Two questions arise
>
> (a) How do I get such a unit to treat DVD-RAM just as slow, random
> access optical media (much like an MO-Disk)?
> I do not wish to do burncd or cdrecord on it, I wish to write to it
> directly, if possible.
> Alas, I could not put a new disk label on the blank (disklabel says
> 'unknown type: auto'), and newfs does not like it either. So I am
> stuck.
>
> (b) Google and the online handbook (for 4.x though) tell me that I
> need
>
> device atapicam
> device scbus
> device pass
>
> in my kernel to get to use the ATAPI unit like a SCSI unit
> (e.g. with cdrecord and friends). However, on 5.1R I cannot find any
> mention of an atapicam device, neither in GENERIC nor in the hints
> nor NOTES. Now, what's a man to do?
>
>
> I checked the freebsd.org FAQs and archives, google and the news groups,
> but most stuff there is not really conclusive. In case this is a FAQ,
> after all, please just post a pointer.
>
> Any hints are much appreciated.
>
To add one more to the list of hints: It seems that FBSD disables the
'eject' button on the DVD unit, that is, I cannot unload a DVD+/-RW w/o
a reboot. Any thoughts on that one would be appreciated, too.
Cheers,
Stefan
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