Subject: Re: mounting cdrom
To: Eric Fox <eric@fox.phoenix.az.us>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/30/1998 14:08:51
On Jun 27, Eric Fox wrote
> 
> I'm running NetBSD/i386 1.3.  When ever I attempt to mount my cdrom I get
> the following response:
> 
>  red:# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mnt
>  mount_cd9660: : Input/output error
> 
> It's the same if I use /dev/cd0d.  From the bootup messages, everything
> appears to be set correctly:
> 
> [...]
> 

Could be that your drive doesn't have all the features required by our ATAPI
driver (which are also required by the specs).
Could your recompile a kernel with 'options SCSIDEBUG' (or just #define
SCSIDEBUG in scsipi_debug.h) and tell me which messages you get when you try
to mount a CD ?

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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