From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 12 18:13:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA25200 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 18:13:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www.transfar.com ([202.103.100.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA25194 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 18:13:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phj@www.transfar.com) Received: from www.transfar.com ([202.103.100.245]) by www.transfar.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA28242; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:04:12 +0800 Message-ID: <36231AB5.10B783F3@www.transfar.com> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:17:41 +0000 From: phj X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Foster, Jim" CC: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: mount CD-ROM returns "input/output error" References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=big5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Are you sure the CD-ROM light was off before you mounted CD ? If the light is on ,you would get the message----- "/dev/wcd0x: Input/output error". Foster, Jim wrote: > Hi all; > > I just put up a FreeBSD box this weekend (2.2.7-RELEASE). At this point, I > seem to have only one real problem. I can only access my ATAPI CD-ROM drive > under very certain circumstances. > > I have to cold-boot my computer with the CD-ROM that I want to look at in > the drive. Warm-boots don't make a difference. > > If I do the cold-boot, then I can mount and umount until my heart is > content--as long as I don't open the tray. As soon as I open the tray (the > volume unmounted, of course) and close it again, I can't mount the volume. > It does not matter if it is a different disc or the same one. It will not > mount until I cold-boot. This gets old real quick! > > I have tried various forms of the mount command and the mount_cd9660 command > directly. With the mount command I just get an obscure "cd9660: /dev/wcd0a: > Input/output error" (I am doing this from memory). With the mount_cd9660 > command I get a different, but equally obscure command. Something about not > being able to find the first session. I then tried using '-s 0' with > mount_cd9660 since that is what '-v' reported, but it still does not work. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Jim > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message