cd copy

[Fabian Keil]

dick hoogendijk <dick at nagual.st> wrote:

> Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen at fabiankeil.de> wrote:
> 
> > Dick Hoogendijk <dick at nagual.st> wrote:
> > 
> > > What is the easiest way to copy a complete cdrom with freebsd-4.11?
> > 
> > Use readcd and cdrecord.
> 
> I rebuild the kernel with atapicam (ata, scbus,cd and pass were already
> there) and installed cdrecord and cdrdao. I have a few questions:
> 
> dmegs states "attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not
> present"
> Can this querying be set off?

I don't know.

> cdrecord -scanbus comes up with a list of (cd) devices plus a warning:
> "cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities
> page"
> 
> What does this warning mean? What do I do about it?

AFAIK it's a complaint, that the controller doesn't act 100% SCSI compliant. 

A firmware update could solve it, but as it's just a warning, you can
as well ignore it.

Regards
Fabian
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