On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 02:35, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, bob parker wrote: > > I am using Debian 3.0.0. > > I installed it with a 2.2.20 kernel which did not have scsi support. > > I later installed the 2.4.18 kernel and got support for my scsi cd burner > > but I have lost ability to read my ide cdrom. > > > > Here is my fstab > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > > # > > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> > > <pass> /dev/hda8 / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0 > > 1 /dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 > > 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 > > 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 > > 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 > > 0 > > > > My cdrom mount points > > debian:/home/bob# ls -l /cdrom*/ > > /cdrom/: > > total 0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Sep 28 23:35 cdrom0 -> /cdrom0 > > /cdrom0/: > > total 0 > > /cdrom1/: > > total 0 > > > > my /dev/cdroms > > debian:/home/bob# ls -l /dev/cdrom* > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Sep 28 23:35 /dev/cdrom -> > > /dev/cdrom0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 28 23:35 /dev/cdrom0 -> > > /dev/scd0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 28 23:35 /dev/cdrom1 -> > > /dev/scd1 > > > > How do I regain access to my ide cdrom? > > Thanks > > bob > > i assume you want to have access to both (cdrom and cdrw). you would > probably want to create a directory /cdrw. then rm /dev/cdrom, ln -s > /dev/cdrom /dev/hdb (or whatever your cdrom drive is), ln -s /dev/cdrw > /dev/scd0 and add the follwing to your fstab: > /dev/cdrw /cdrw iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > you could then access your ide cdrom by doing mount /cdrom and your cd > burner by mount /cdrw. > > hope that helps. > > burkhard Thanks, that's spot on. I'll change my fstab to what you suggest. I now have the ide cdrom mountable as /cdrom1 which finally points to /dev/scd1 but it works anyway. I don't understand that at all I would have thought that it should have been /dev/hdb ( I only have 1 hard drive ). Seems as if the file type column in the fstab is what works the magic.
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