Re: SCSI CD mount problems

From: Guy Middleton <guy_at_obstruction.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:05:41 -0400
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 08:31:20AM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 09:50:39 -0400, Guy Middleton wrote:
> > This was actually a FreeBSD ISO distribution disk.  It does this for every
> > disk; the only time I could successfully mount a disk was with one I had just
> > written on that drive.  If I then opened and closed the drive, I could not
> > mount the disk.
> 
> I assume you can put the disks in other drives and they work fine?

Yes, no problem reading them in the IDE drive.

> > -1 2048 
> 
> All I can say is that it appears that something is wrong with the drive.
> 
> We're just reporting what it reports back as far as capacity, and the fact
> that it complains about a block being out of range just confirms that it
> has bogus capacity information internally.

Well, that's annoying.  I assumed that the drive was ok, since it could
write correctly.  I guess I better go shopping for a new one.  :-)

 -Guy
Received on Mon Jun 23 2003 - 06:06:12 UTC

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