Subject: Re: Cdrecord problem: NetBSD/sparc 1.4, Philips CDD2600
To: None <rh@vip.at, oster@cs.usask.ca>
From: Kjetil B. Thomassen <kjetil@thomassen.priv.no>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/18/1999 22:48:33
On Thu 18 Nov, Rene Hexel wrote:
> "Kjetil B. Thomassen" wrote:
>
> > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Nov 14 21:00 /dev/su0-6-0 -> /dev/cd0d
> >
> > Am I using the wrong device?
>
> Looks like. First, on my system I have set up the link to point to
> the character special device:
>
> 0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 May 22 14:46 /dev/su0-6-0 -> rcd1d
>
> I have no idea if the block device works as well with cdrecord. Also,
It does not seem to matter with cdrecord 1.6.1.
> make sure you use the right device. I.e., if you run 'dmesg' you should
> find something like
>
> cd0 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <PHILIPS, CDD2600, 1.0> SCSI2 4/worm
> removable
>
> If it's not 'cd0', you have to link su-0-6-0 to the corresponding
> device...
Yes, this was correct. I am using cd0 as I only have one connected.
This didn't do the trick, but the following did:
On Thu 18 Nov, Greg Oster wrote:
>
> For sparc, this should be a link to /dev/cd0c , no? (i.e. should use
> the partition which corresponds to the entire device). I use /dev/cd0d
> on i386, but I suspect it would be /dev/cd0c on sparc.
And, voila.
That was the trick.
Now it managed to inquiry the drive correctly, so I assume things will
work fine from now on.
Thank you both for your fast response!
Kjetil B.