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NEC MultiSpin 8Xe CDROM

2007-12-25 9:59:00

As usual SunManagers gave the correct answer in less than the time it takes

to dial the Sun Helpdesk ..

The problem:

Solaris 2.4 machine does not recognise my CDROm

The cause:

Sun can only read from (by default) drives that are configured for 512

bytes/block.

The solution (for Solaris 2.4)

Compile the following program

#include <unistd.h>

#include <sys/fcntl.h>

#include <sys/cdio.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#define CDROM "/dev/rdsk/c1t6d0s2"

main()

{

        int fd;

        fd = open(CDROM, O_RDONLY|O_EXCL);

        if (fd < 0) {

                perror(CDROM);

                exit(1);

        }

        if (ioctl(fd, CDROMSBLKMODE, 512)) {

                perror("CDROMSBLKMODE");

                exit(1);

        }

        return 0;

}

Move it to /sbin/fixcd

Make the following changes to /etc/rc2.d/S92volmgt

case "$1" in

'start')

        if [ -f /etc/vold.conf -a -f /usr/sbin/vold ] ; then

+ echo "Fixing CD-rom problem"

+ echo "this fails if there is *NO* CD in the CDRom"

+ /sbin/fixcd

                echo "volume management starting."

                /usr/sbin/vold 1>/dev/console 2>&1 &

        fi

        ;;

For more info

http://www.aball.de/~wpv/sun/faq/cdrom.html

Thanks to all who replied

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