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Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:46:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Erik Umenhofer <root@jobby.impulse.net>
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Subject: Re: CDROM
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Erik Umenhofer wrote:

> Why is it that my cdrom is almost never recognized on startup? I Have to
> reboot over and over again just to get it recognized and even then I can
> barely get it to mount.
> 
> cd9660: /dev/wcd0a: Input/output error
>  
> I get errors like that. Even when a disk is in there. Any ideas?

Your CDROM has issues.  Can I see the boot message output?

Doug White                               
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