Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:40:04 -0700 From: Michelle Weeks <tristan11@mindspring.com> To: "W. Sierke" <ws@senet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cdrom - device not configured error Message-ID: <1450FF14-71F7-11D7-9E6F-000393843210@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <055001c305ff$8ee3d0c0$0264a8c0@ovirt.dyndns.ws>
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> > "Michelle Weeks" wrote: >> >> thank you wayne. i tried the command atacontrol list and get the >> following error: atacontrol: control device not found: No such file or >> directory? > > That doesn't sound good, does it? no it doesn't. > > What does: > > # dmesg | grep -2 "cd0" nothing. > > > and perhaps: > > # ls -l /dev/a[ct]* crw-r----- 2 root operator 117, 0 Mar 25 2002 /dev/acd0a crw-r----- 2 root operator 117, 2 Mar 25 2002 /dev/acd0c crw-r----- 2 root operator 117, 8 Mar 25 2002 /dev/acd1a crw-r----- 2 root operator 117, 10 Mar 25 2002 /dev/acd1c > > > say? > > If your dmesg doesn't show anything abnormal, I suspect you're probably > going to have to look at taking the server down and having the hardware > checked out. i was afraid of that. > You might be able to try the atacontrol "reinit" command if the > cdrom isn't sharing the channel with any critical devices such as hard > disks > but given that the consequences are uncertain, this is probably only an > avenue to consider as a last resort to trying to keep the server up. > How > important is it for you to be able to use the CDROM? not critical at the moment, but i do need to get the cdrom drive working. i'll have to figure out the best time to bring the server down and take a look at the it. thank you so much for your help! > > > Wayne >
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