[Sunhelp] CD-ROM Drive Question

[dhansen at zebra.net]

>Hello all,
>
>How can I determine if I have my system -- 735 Workstation, HP-UX 9.05 =
>--
>configured properly to use the CD-ROM drive -- HP -1999A -- that is
>attached to it?  Also, what command can I execute to read the contents
>of a CD that is in the CD-ROM drive?
>
>I've executed the 'ioscan -f' command, and I get the following listing:
>
>Class    H/W Path  Driver   H/W Status S/W Status
>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
>
>graphics 1.0.0        graph3   ok(0x577)  ok
>scsi       2.0.1       c700       ok(0x7071) ok
>lan         2.0.2      lan01     ok(0x7072) ok
>hil          2.0.3      hil         ok(0x7073) ok
>serial     2.0.4        asio0     ok(0x7075) ok
>serial    2.0.5        asio0      ok(0x7075) ok
>parallel  2.0.6       parallel    ok(0x7074) ok
>scsi     2.0.7       c700      ok(0x707c) ok
>disk     2.0.7.5.0  scsi       ok(0x202)  ok
>disk      2.0.7.6.0  scsi        ok(0x202)  ok
>audio    2.0.8        audio     ok(0x707f) ok
>
>I've read the man page on 'ioscan', but I couldn't get enough
>from it to determine whether the output from the 'ioscan'=20
>command is making reference to a CD-ROM drive.
>
>Thanks again to everyone who takes the time to read and=20
>respond to my question.
>
>Trevor C.
>trevor_chandler at ddlinc.com

<godawful formatting snipped>

disk        8  10/12/5.2.0  sdisk       CLAIMED   DEVICE    TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-54
01TA
trevor,
      ioscan -f _should_ have given you more than enough information on seeing
the hardware devices on your machine (at least on a 10.x machine). you should
see an entry similiar to the following: 

disk        8  10/12/5.2.0  sdisk       CLAIMED   DEVICE    TOSHIBA CD-ROM
 XM-54 01TA


	you may want to try some variations of the ioscan command such as
"ioscan -C disk", "ioscan -u" or "ioscan -fn". i don't have access to a
hp-ux 9.x machine to see if the ioscan utility has been altered or not. i would
just suggest that you try it again and pipe it into more (or into a file) and
make sure the entry didn't just scroll past you.

	also, as for reading the contents all you need to do is mount the cd
and then use ls just as you would anywhere else.

david