Someone broke the silence: > i have a genuine problem here. > i noticed my backup cdrw's had stopped working at some point. upon > furthur investigation i find i cannot mount cd's full stop. > > titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /mount > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argument >
Is this a typo of acd0c with the c? Chris > the above command makes the drive light flicker for 3 seconds > then the > error. > > this is NOT a hardware problem. i get the exact same issue > with my brand > new dvd drive. > > here is what dmesg gas to say: > acd0: DVD-R <HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4160B> at ata1-slave WDMA2 > da0 at hpt3740 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: <HPT3xx RAID 1 Array 3.00> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device > da0: 190782MB (390721957 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 24321C) > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a > cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 > cd0: <HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4160B A301> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device > cd0: 16.000MB/s transfers cd0: cd present [1 x 2048 byte records] > > note this was working perfectly. > i suspect that some how my ata device has gone "bad" some how. > > let me get the obvious replys out of the way: > yes i have googled nothing i can find has even touched on a fix. > yes there is a disc in the drive > no it is not an audio disk. > there is nothing else connected to the ide ports. > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
