Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 09:12:06 -0500 From: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> To: Burton Sampley <bsampley@bsampley.vip.best.com> Cc: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem mounting /cdrom w/ 2.2.5-R (fwd) Message-ID: <19971124091206.61860@vmunix.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971123235330.27021F-100000@bsampley>; from Burton Sampley on Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 12:05:33AM -0800 References: <19971124084750.LV48775@uriah.heep.sax.de> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971123235330.27021F-100000@bsampley>
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On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 12:05:33AM -0800, Burton Sampley wrote: > Joerg, > > Actually, if I force it with either mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0a or mount -t > cd9660 /dev/cd0a it *always* works. If I mount it explicitly and then > umount the drive, then try it again w/ mount /cdrom it still fails. I've > tried repeating mount /cdrom numerous times in a row, but it still refuses > to mount the cdrom using that method. You know, I have a machine which exhibits similar behaviour. I ended up changing /dev/cd0a to /dev/cd0c in the fstab and then everything worked fine and it's been happy ever since. I have no idea if 'a' or 'c' is the correct usage, but 'c' seems to work for me. I also had weird things happening when I mounted cd0a, like being able to see directory listings, but any attempt to use the file would get me a "file not found" error. Fun! -Mark > I'll try again tomorrow and post my > results (the machine's at work, I'm a home, I forgot to leave a cd in the > drive). I assumed the media not present erorr was just the cdrom > complaining about being booted w/o a cd. > > - burton - > > On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > > > As Burton Sampley wrote: > > > > > I just completed a new install of 2.2.5-R on to a 'virgin' HD at work. > > > I'm having a strange problem I don't understand. If I try to mount a > > > cdrom with mount /cdrom (as root) I get the following error: > > > > > > root@thingie(101)# mount /cdrom > > > cd9660: /dev/cd0a: Device not configured > > > > This corresponds to: > > > > > npx0 flags 0x1 on motherboard > > > npx0: INT 16 interface > > > changing root device to sd0a > > > cd0(ahc0:3:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Medium not present > > > cd0(ahc0:3:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Medium not present > > > > ...these medium not present messages. Somehow, your drive seems to > > think twice about whether it's actually got a medium or not. The way > > you invoke the mount command is irrelevant, but those messages are the > > indication of the evil that's going on. Apparently, the drive finally > > makes up its mind if you ask it often enough (which incidentally > > happened to be an explicit call to mount_cd9660). > > > > -- > > cheers, J"org > > > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > > > > --------------- > > Burton Sampley > bsampley@best.com or bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu > PGP key available at http://www.best.com/~bsampley/pgp.html > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU
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