Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 13:29:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Scott A. Moberly" <smoberly@karamazov.org> To: <SoHo@admin.fido.ca> Cc: <smoberly@karamazov.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: atapicam in 4.8-PRERELEASE Message-ID: <58199.65.221.169.187.1046806149.squirrel@mail.karamazov.org> In-Reply-To: <20030304191800.GA38043@admin.fido.ca> References: <20030304182046.GA37216@admin.fido.ca> <20030304182931.GA92097@mail.karamazov.org> <20030304191800.GA38043@admin.fido.ca>
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> Quoting Scott A. Moberly (smoberly@karamazov.org): >> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 01:20:46PM -0500, Edmond Baroud wrote: >> > Hello Scott, >> > >> > Sorry I'm writing to you directly. >> >> No problem. >> >> > I'm affraid you misunderstood my question; >> >> Nope I think I got it. >> >> > > %camcontrol eject cd0 >> > > ejects my LG cdrom >> >> due to atapicam in your KERNEL config >> >> > > and %mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom >> > > also mounts the LG cdrom. >> >> due to atapicd in you KERNEL config >> >> > the question is that I am supposed to control my CDRW through cd0 >> right? >> >> When using atapicam, yes. > what do you mean? booting with a kernel that has option atapicam ? Yes >> > and not be able to eject my "regular" CDROM. >> >> Incorrect, acd?c is still available with atapicd in the kernel config >> >> > however, my cdrom is being detected at boot time as cd0, shouldnt >> cd0 be my CDRW? >> >> Yes; however, acd0 will also be seen in your dmesg. Not a problem, >> like I said in a previous post as long as you access only one of the >> devices, i.e /dev/acd0c or /dev/cd0 at a time. You can remove the >> atapicd to minimize this risk, of course. >> >> Hope this is a little more clear. > thanks for taking the time Scott :) but I still can't get the image.. I > am aware that acd?c still shows up in my dmesg because I have both > options in my kernel. let me make this less painful :).. > how, what is the command that I can use to eject/load my parallel > device, which shows as: cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 > cd0: <LG CD-ROM CRD-8521B 1.00> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device > cd0: 16.000MB/s transfers > cd0: cd present [183123 x 2048 byte records] Now, I'm confused; I though this did it? >> > > %camcontrol eject cd0 >> > > ejects my LG cdrom Are we speaking of an entirely different device then "LG CD-ROM CRD-8521B 1.00" at /dev/cd0 ? > I dont see any signs in my dmesg that says "CDR/CDRW. I dont know, I'm a > bit confused here.. I've seen already other people's dmesg, and it shows > their CDRW in dmesg I'm not usually too concerned about the Manufacturer's details about the device. (The string you are referring to.) You can actually test the device, i.e. make a coaster. Or, use: cdrecord -scanbus # to find the device # and cdrecord -prcap dev=x,y,z # to see the actual capabilities I'm of course assuming you want to use cdrecord rather then burncd, otherwise why bother with atapicam at all :D... -- Scott A. Moberly smoberly@karamazov.org He hadn't a single redeeming vice. -- Oscar Wilde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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