Subject: Re: Kernel Messages Using CDR/CD-ROM
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/03/2003 22:52:01
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 04:21:41PM -0200, Daniel Bolgheroni wrote:
> I'm having some problems related to using cdrecord (mainly) and others program with deal directly with CDR/DVD-ROM. It's not a real problem, but I curious why this message is appearing:
> 
> bash-2.05$ cd1(ahc0:0:1:0): illegal request, data = 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00
> cd1(ahc0:0:1:0): illegal request, data = 00 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 00 00
> cd1: dos partition I/O error
> cd1(ahc0:0:1:0): illegal request, data = 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00
> 
> The message in front of prompt is a kernel message. It overwrites anything on the screen. This message appears, i.e. when I use cdrecord to burn something. It looks like an error, but all CDs are burned normally. A detail is that the message only appears the first time I burn a CD. Subsequently usage of CDR are normal.
> 
> Running: NetBSD -current 1.6M, but occurs with the -release and others too

This is harmless.
The cd driver is now trying to get a partition table from the CD, and
of course it can't get one, especially when the CD is blank. These errors
are because the driver tries to read a blank CD.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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