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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!fizban.solace.mh.se!eru.mt.luth.se!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech2!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.seanet.com!odinn!bolsen From: bolsen@seanet.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: CD times out when mounting Date: 10 Nov 1995 13:53:11 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Lines: 28 Sender: bolsen@odinn (Bruce Olsen) Message-ID: <47vlg7$1lh@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <47uvg0$du@nntp.interaccess.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: odinn.seanet.com In article <47uvg0$du@nntp.interaccess.com>, jay@psycfrnd.interaccess.com (Jason Kuri) writes: |> I have a MediaVision RENO scsi-2 cdrom portable and an adaptec 2825 |> scsi controller card. The card is initialized and comes up ok. It |> probes the bus, finds the CDrom and creates the cd0 at bootup. However, |> when trying to mount the CD (an ISO-9660) the CDRom activates.. I hear it |> whirr a little and then I see: |> |> cd0(aic0:1:0): timed out |> Nov 9 23:51:50 ctx /kernel: cd0(aic0:1:0): timed out |> |> This repeats until I open the CD-Rom. The CDRom runs and runs (with the |> busy light on) until I open it up. I've done everything I can think |> of. Checked termination, lowered bus rate, increased the SCSI-wait time |> in the kernel. No matter what I do I can't get it to mount the CD. |> |> I also get a message when booting that the cd0 device is in transition |> from not-ready to ready. After reading the news archives a bit I came to |> the conclusion that I should ignore this... Am I right in thinking that? |> |> I am using FreeBSD 2.0.5 with the aic6360 code stolen from FreeBSD-stable |> (via aic6360.c) |> |> Any help and pointers would be GREATLY appreciated. |> Thanks in advance, |> Jay K. Do you have a cd-rom in the drive? if not, try leaving one in. I think you'll find that to work ok. I leave one of the two that came as part fo the set in the drive at all times.