cdrom - device not configured error

[Michelle Weeks]

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> "Michelle Weeks" wrote:
>>
>> thank you wayne.  i tried the command atacontrol list and get the
>> following error: atacontrol: control device not found: No such file or
>> directory?
>
> That doesn't sound good, does it?

no it doesn't.

>
> What does:
>
> # dmesg | grep -2 "cd0"

nothing.

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>
> and perhaps:
>
> # ls -l /dev/a[ct]*

crw-r-----  2 root  operator  117,   0 Mar 25  2002 /dev/acd0a
crw-r-----  2 root  operator  117,   2 Mar 25  2002 /dev/acd0c
crw-r-----  2 root  operator  117,   8 Mar 25  2002 /dev/acd1a
crw-r-----  2 root  operator  117,  10 Mar 25  2002 /dev/acd1c


>
>
> say?
>
> If your dmesg doesn't show anything abnormal, I suspect you're probably
> going to have to look at taking the server down and having the hardware
> checked out.

i was afraid of that.

> You might be able to try the atacontrol "reinit" command if the
> cdrom isn't sharing the channel with any critical devices such as hard 
> disks
> but given that the consequences are uncertain, this is probably only an
> avenue to consider as a last resort to trying to keep the server up. 
> How
> important is it for you to be able to use the CDROM?

not critical at the moment, but i do need to get the cdrom drive 
working.  i'll have to figure out the best time to bring the server 
down and take a look at the it.

thank you so much for your help!


>
>
> Wayne
>