Using Your CD-ROM Drive

Operating the CD-ROM Drive

Verifying the CD-ROM Drive Operation

To verify that your workstation can communicate with the CD-ROM drive, follow these steps:

1In a terminal window, enter the following command:

/usr/sbin/ioscan -d sdisk RETURN

After a few moments the ioscan utility lists all of the SCSI I/O devices it could find. The list appears similar to the following:

H/W Path

Class

Description

============================================

 

bc

 

 

8

bc

I/O Adapter

8/12

ext_bus

GSC built-in Fast/Wide SCSI Interface

8/12.0

target

 

 

8/12.0.0

disk

QUANTUM LPS1080WD

8/12.5

target

 

 

8/12.5.0

disk

DEC

DSP3210SW

8/12.6

target

 

 

8/12.6.0

disk

DEC

DSP3210SW

8/16

ba

Core I/O Adapter

8/16/5

ext_bus

Built-in SCSI

8/16/5.2

target

 

 

8/16/5.2.0

disk

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-4101TA

8/16/5.4

target

 

 

8/16/5.4.0

disk

SEAGATE

ST3600N

8/16/5.6

target

 

 

8/16/5.6.0

disk

MICROP

2112

10

bc

I/O Adapter

10/12

ext_bus

GSC add-on Fast/Wide SCSI Interface

10/12.4

target

 

 

10/12.4.0

disk

SEAGATE ST31200W

If ioscan does not see your CD-ROM drive it returns the following message:

ioscan: No hardware found

If you receive this message, go to Chapter 6, “Solving Problems.”

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