On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Austad, Jay wrote:
> Ok, sometimes when I put a bad CD into my cdrom drive, I get syslog messages
> that say "hdd: status timeout: status=oxc0 { Busy }" and a bunch of hdd:
> ATAPI reset complete errors. I can't eject the disc, or read it. If I
> reboot the machine it's fine, but that sucks. Is there anyway to reset the
> cdrom drive without rebooting?
I have had this happen, too. It's not always a bad CD, though. I don't
know a way around a reboot, if (like yours) it's an IDE controller. If it
were a SCSI device, you'd have more chance to recover.
You might also take some windex and clean the bottom of the disk with a
soft, lint-free cloth. (Forget about any hype about disc cleaning
solutions.) It *may* prevent the hang, or it may convice you that it's
time to get yourself a new CD-ROM.
If you *do* find a way around a reboot, share! I've got one machine
that's flaky that way. Unfortunately it gets light enough use and works
enough of the time that I am still using the flaky device.
Cheers,
Phil M
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