Packet Request Type Unknown!!

[Noster]

Hi

it seems that your CD-filesystem "cd.device" doesn't support every command ("packet") required by AmigaOS 3.9.
You should try to use the CacheCDFS CD-Rom filesytem instead. This is part of the OS 3.9 distribution.

Noster

[Noster]

Hi

> Would this not have been installed as part of the installation of OS3.9?

Only if you explicit select it in the installer window.

Start the installation again and select the "CD Rom driver" to be installed in the first window.

After installation you can set-up the driver using the CacheCDFS preference tool in the "prefs" directory of your system partition.

Noster

[Noster]

Hi

> 'Packet Request Type Unknown' suggests (to me) that the CD32 has a faulty CD drive, more specifically,
> the lens could be faulty or damaged. Either that or the CD is damaged.

Definitely not!

The 'Packet Request Type Unknown' error (AmigaDos error 209, ERROR_ACTION_NOT_KNOWN) is returned if a handler doesn't support or even know the requested packet (action).
If  the disk is faulty or the drive cannot read it, the AmigaDos error 225 ERROR_NOT_A_DOS_DISK ("not a valid DOS disk") would be returned AFTER a requester "Volume ...has read/write error" has occured.

Noster

EDIT - I doesn't own a CD32, maybe the CD Rom handler is so bad programmed, that it returns the wrong errorcodes and doesn't follows the standard (wouldn't be astonished, have a look at the Amiga's Ram-handler, that is so bad programmed (full of bugs) that it is a wonder that the system is stable :-().

[Noster]

Hi

> If the CD lens had become mis-aligned in this particular CD32,
> would that produce the 'Packet Request Type Unknown' error?

No, this should result in requesters popping up that contain the text "Volume..has a read/write error" and let you chose "Retry" or "Cancel". If you select "Cancel" this should result in ERROR_NOT_A_DOS_DISK ("not a valid DOS disk" and an icon with the title "unreadable" should occure on the WB). Maybe the "read/write error" requester has to be canceled a few times, before the system stops trying to read and returns the NOT_A_DOS_DISK error.

This kind of error (bad CD lins) should NEVER result in a "Packet request type unknown" error.


But I've also no idea, why it is working for you (StevenJGore) and not for Zetec-S. I would try to use the OS 3.9 CD rom filesystem, you couldn't damage anything and if it doesn't work you could swap back.

Noster