Why does CD ripping fail?

[Rares Aioanei]

On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 05:35:48 -0400
Ben Laurie <ben at links.org> wrote:

> Using grip, trying to rip a CD, I get:
> 
> (cd0:ahcich3:0:0:0): MODE_SENSE(6) failed, increasing minimum CDB
> size to 10 bytes
> (cd0:ahcich3:0:0:0): MODE SENSE(10). CDB: 5a 0 e 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
> (cd0:ahcich3:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
> (cd0:ahcich3:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
> (cd0:ahcich3:0:0:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 (Invalid
> field in CDB)
> (cd0:ahcich3:0:0:0): Command byte 2 is invalid
> 
> and no audio data is ripped. Unsure what changed, because this used to
> work, which is a little frustrating. I think I updated ports since it
> last worked.

Those usually indicate hardware issues. I'd start by checking
connectors, cables and the like and go on from there.