[vox-tech] rusty newbie CD mounting woes

[Jonathan Stickel]

I agree that the problem might be that this drive is writing device. 
For writing, ide-scsi must be specified for it (although I hear the new 
cdrecord gets around this).  You may do this a couple ways; you should 
check your distribution for its recommended method.  I like to implement 
this in grub with "hdc=ide-scsi" (assuming your cdrom is hdc:  2nd ide 
cable, first device).

If ide-scsi is not enabled, the device interface will be something like 
/dev/hdc, and you can use it to read cds.  Once you enable ide-scsi, the 
device will become something like /dev/scd0, depending on your 
distribution.  In either case, there may be a symbolic link to 
/dev/cdrom or such.  If there isn't a symbolic link, you can make one.

Jonathan


Bryan Richter wrote:
> Particularly, "dmesg | grep hd" will mainly print out lines that deal
> with your IDE devices. ide-scsi is required for cd writing, but the 
> normal ide module should work for reading. However, maybe ide-scsi is
> already running on your system? Look for /dev/cdrw or /dev/scd0 (my 
> cd writer is /dev/scd0), or maybe look in the config file /dev/fstab 
> to see if your distro is a couple steps ahead of you and already has a
> directory and mount options set up for your device.
> 
> -Bryan
> 
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 10:38:06AM -0800, MB wrote:
> 
>>If you take a look at "dmesg", there should be a few lines describing 
>>the cdrom and what device it is listed as.  Also, since it is a cdrw 
>>drive you may look into using the ide-scsi module.  I was warned that I 
>>should use ide-scsi for my laptop cdrw/dvd drive...
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>Alexandra Thorn wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Having extreme difficulty with really basic task here.  Would probably
>>>help if I hadn't built this computer for myself so that I could be sure
>>>that various drives are attached in the standard places.  Hoping you guys
>>>can help without getting after me too much for asking stupid questions.  I
>>>have tried google, but am only meeting with frustration.
>>>
>>>All I want to do is get a CD to mount.  My CD drive is a Plexwriter
>>>40/12/40A.  I'm reasonably certain that I've never mounted a CD on this
>>>computer before, since there was no /mnt/cdrom or other CD oriented
>>>directory when I got started this morning.
>>>
>>>Here's what I've tried doing with the loving aid of various online HOWTOs:
>>>
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrw
>>>mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>>>Password:
>>>mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>>>mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom
>>>ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom
>>>mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hda /mnt/cdrw
>>>mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw
>>>mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device
>>>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw
>>>mount: /dev/hdd: unknown device
>>>
>>>Pretty sure I'm either missing something obvious or completely forgetting
>>>the main thing I need to do.  I know it would help a lot if I actually
>>>knew the name of the device I'm trying to use.  Please don't be too hard
>>>on me.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Alex
>>>
>>>"Tru5t m3" --Boo, from megatokyo.com
>>>
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