On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:18:56 +0100 Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:25:47 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joachim Fahnenmueller) wrote: > > > > > > > $ mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom > > > > > > mount: /dev/scd0 is not a valid block device > > > > > > This may not be the answer, but I find that if I do > > > cdrecord -scanbus > > > when this happens, and then try the mount, it works. > > > Don't ask me why. > > > > Excuse me if I do, but I'd really like to find out what's happening. > > Would you mind posting: > > Output of lsmod *before* and *after* invoking cdrecord -scanbus > > Your /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf > > Next time I have the problem. I will do this. Actually the difference seems to be: > nls_iso8859-1 2848 1 (autoclean) > sg 24228 0 (autoclean) > ide-scsi 7392 1 But I don't have any problems with programs like XCDRoast accessing the CD, and cdrecord seems to solve it by loading the requisite modules. lilo.conf has:- append=" hdc=ide-scsi" modules.conf has:- options ide-cd ignore=hdc pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi - Richard. -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]