In <199602152248.RAA25577@pain.lcs.mit.edu> "Charles M. Hannum"
<mycroft@NetBSD.ORG> writes:

>   : The drive is reported by NetBSD as not to support a mode sense command.

>   Then it is severely broken. The device is asked with a READ CAPACITY
>   command about its size, and on any failing command, a MODE SENSE would
>   be sent (I guess) to get the exact error code.

>Huh?  You're thinking of REQUEST SENSE, which is mandatory, and completely
>different.

You are right, of course.

>The driver whines a little if the MODE SENSE command fails to read page 4
>(the geometry info).  This is basically harmless, as the geometry isn't
>really used for anything.

Ah... fine.
	Ignatios Souvatzis