> > I have been running 3.6 for about a year on my server. I > > have a backup > > solution that writes to an ide-cdrw 4 times a day. A month ago I > > installed a scsi card to hook up a newly acquired tape drive. > > My cdrw > > backups have been failing since. > > > > I did not change any kernel settings (that I recall), I'm still using > > Generic, and I didn't have to change any sysctl settings. > > > > I've done some tests against the tape drive and it all works ok. > > > > $ sudo mt rewind > > $ echo $? > > 0 > > > > When I try to -scanbus I get the following. > > > > $ sudo cdrecord -scanbus > > Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i386-unknown-openbsd3.6) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jrg > > Schilling > > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. > > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make > > sure you are > > root. > > cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. > > > > I used to have dev=/dev/cd0c:0,0,0 but looking at my dmesg I > > thought I > > might have to change it to dev=/dev/cd0c:0,1,1. Providing different > > options to cdrecord does not help, it still bails > > I know this may sound to crazy but have you tried > dev=/dev/cd0c (without the rest) I have never had > to use the additional items for mine.
This is a good point ^, I don't have any problems burning CD with or without a SCSI Adapter. An even better point is to RTFM! http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#burnCD Regards, ahb
