From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 10 11:40:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA18879 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:40:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from room101.sysc.com (jayrich@richmojm2.student.rose-hulman.edu [137.112.206.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA18874; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:40:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jayrich@localhost) by room101.sysc.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA00269; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:39:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:39:44 -0500 (EST) From: "Jay M. Richmond" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount cdrom returns "input/output error" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Please note: since I posted this I've also tried putting the CD-ROM on the primary controller and configuring it as a slave... same result. Thanks again for your time, Jay jayrich@sysc.com On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Charlie ROOT wrote: > Hello-- > > I searched the FAQ and handbook for an answer to this before asking, but I > still apologize in advance if this is a "stupid question." > > Here's the situation... > > Ever since I upgraded to 2.2-STABLE, I am unable to mount any CD-ROM's > that I have (I tested this by going back to the 2.2.2-RELEASE kernel and > the CD-ROM worked great, unfortunately, I need 2.2-STABLE for some other > fixes.) I am sure the CD-ROM is working fine and the CD is OK. > > When I mount the CD, it says: > > # mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0a /cdrom > cd9660: /dev/wcd0a: Input/output error > > The drive is on the second IDE channel as a SLAVE, without a master (this > worked fine before with 2.2.2-RELEASE, has there been a change?). > > I also double checked my source configuration files as well: > > controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr > disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 > disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 > > options ATAPI > options ATAPI_STATIC > device wcd0 > > I also have it set up for the primary controller. This is the same > configuration that was in GENERIC for 2.2.2-RELEASE on my system. > > The drive is detected on boot up too: > > /kernel: wdc1: unit 1 (atapi): , removable, intr, dma, iordis > > I've also searched the mailing list archives, and most of the time the > error is due to the device not being recognized or a CD not being in the > drive, etc. However, none of that applies here. > > My question is: is there something in 2.2-STABLE that's changed that I > would need to make other changes to my OS to make the CD work? > > I don't subscribe to the freebsd-questions or freebsd-stable mailing > lists, so please send a copy of your reponse to me via e-mail. > > Thank you very much for your time, > > Jay > jayrich@sysc.com