On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:37:21 +0100 Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not quite there! I'll check the cable too. Funny, I seem to get the same eror, and my cables are good. My /dev/hdc is a Toshiba SD-1312, and reading DVDs & CDs, writing CDs (it's a combo DVD-R/CDRW) has worked fine. [EMAIL PROTECTED] hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: multcount = 32 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry = 3280/16/63, sectors = 3306450, start = 0 /dev/hdb: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry = 59560/16/63, sectors = 60036480, start = 0 /dev/hdc: IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 1 (on) readahead = 256 (on) HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument My guess is that this ioctl is responsible for getting the geometry of a drive (heads, sectors, etc.) and it's a bit difficult to do so without a disk in the drive :). But throwing a disk in the drive doesn't alter the output. I figure it's a pointless query on a CD or DVD drive. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
