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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cu-dialup-0206.cit.cornell.edu!user From: ejr@ee.cornell.edu (Eric Rossin) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: [FreeBSD] cdrom problems Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 22:27:16 -0400 Organization: Cornell University Lines: 22 Sender: er14@cornell.edu (Verified) Distribution: world Message-ID: <ejr-170794222716@cu-dialup-0206.cit.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-0206.cit.cornell.edu I recently installed FreeBSD-1.1.5.1R on my machine, which has a mitsumi cdrom. So far the system has been great! I installed 1.1.5.1 from scratch, but I also have a copy of the walnut creek 1.1 CD, from which I have installed several packages. Here is the problem: when I have tried to copy some of the ports to disk so I can compile and install, the cdrom hangs. Specifically, I mount the drive with "mount_isofs /dev/mcd0a /cdrom". Then I tried to copy ports/math/octave and xv. I tried both using "cp -r" as well as "tar cvf - octave | (cd /usr/local/src; tar xvf -)" (for example). Both techniques would start fine, but then sometime into the copy the command hung (sometimes with an input/output error?). The net result is that the CD was wedged, and the associated processes could not be killed (even on shutdown). The only way I could clean up was to shutdown and reboot (despite sync complaints). any ideas? is the problem in the driver, the CD or my system? any help greatly appreciated! -eric