Re: cdr trouble
On 01 Sep 2001 17:04:24 -0500
DvB <dvanbalen@jam.rr.com> wrote:
> I'm having some trouble using my cdr. It appears to be recognized and,
> according to /proc/ide/hdd/driver, is using the ide-scsi version 0.9
> module (which, AFAIK, is correct) but I can't get it to eject... I've
> tried hitting the eject button (of course) with no luck and I've tried
> 'eject /dev/hdd' which returns and has no effect and I've also tried
> 'eject /dev/scd1' which reports: "eject: unable to eject, last error:
> Input/output error."
> What's more, cdrecord -scanbus reports:
>
> Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg
Schilling
> Linux sg driver version: 3.1.19
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> scsibus0:
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities
page.
> 0,0,0 0) 'NEC ' 'CD-ROM DRIVE:28B' '3.05' Removable
CD-ROM
> 0,1,0 1) 'OTI-975 ' 'SOCRATES ' '2.0D' Removable
CD-ROM
> 0,2,0 2) *
> 0,3,0 3) *
> 0,4,0 4) *
> 0,5,0 5) *
> 0,6,0 6) *
> 0,7,0 7) *
>
> Note the "Warning" about returning "wrong size"
>
> Is my cdr drive hosed??? Maybe it's not on /dev/scd1? If so, how do I
> figure out where it is? I know my main cdrom drive is on /dev/scd0
> because it will eject.
>
> BTW, the regular drive's the slave drive and the cdr's the master, in
> case that makes any difference. It's also not an installation problem
> because I installed it a couple years ago and it worked fine under
> Mandrake and Windows before that...
I suspect your problem has something to do with your cdrom drive running
in scsi emulation. Have your tried something like "hdd=ide-cd" in your
grub or lilo setup?
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