Re: CD IO error

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
15 Nov 2002 17:56:57 +0000

On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 16:42, Alan Willis wrote:
>
> I've been getting these messages since about 2.5.45. I can't mount any
> cds at all. Elvtune (util-linux-2.11r) also fails on /dev/hda which I'm
> running on, and /dev/hdc, my cdrom.
>
> Any further info needed?

The log before the I/O error line

> HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

This is the right behaviour for a CD

> HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Ditto

- so the hdparm is fine, but the I/O error probably isnt

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