cdrom - device not configured error

[Michelle Weeks]

On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 03:20 PM, W. Sierke wrote:

> "Michelle Weeks" wrote:
>> i'm trying to mount /dev/acd0c and i keep getting the error "device 
>> not
>> configured".  the freebsd handbook states that either the drive does
>> not think there is a cd in the tray or the machine can't see the drive
>> on the bus.  i've put the cd in the tray several times, tried multiple
>> cds that can be read by another freebsd machine and still the error
>> "device not configured".  this is a production server and i would like
>> to avoid bringing the server down if at all possible.  is there a way
>> to tell if the machine can see the cdrom drive on the bus?  or is 
>> there
>> something else that could be causing this behavior?
>
> atacontrol should be useful. Note the warnings in the manpage about
> potential (bad!) results of incorrect usage, however! But should be 
> fine to
> use the 'list' command for this purpose:
>
> # atacontrol list
> ATA channel 0:
>     Master:  ad0 <ST380024A/3.33> ATA/ATAPI rev 6
>     Slave:       no device present
> ATA channel 1:
>     Master: acd0 <CD-ROM 40X/AKU/T02> ATA/ATAPI rev 0
>     Slave:       no device present
>
> That should at least tell you if it's seeing the drive. You could 
> perhaps
> try the "reinit" command on the appropriate channel (if it only has the
> cdrom, etc. on it), but perhaps only as a last resort in case it has
> unwanted consequences! It's quite possible that the drive is simply no
> longer serviceable. :(
>
>

thank you wayne.  i tried the command atacontrol list and get the 
following error: atacontrol: control device not found: No such file or 
directory?