I did find sr0 and scd0 but when I substituded them in fstab I got the following error: mount: /dev/sr0 is not a block device
thanks Aaron On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 18:16, John Richard Smith wrote: > Aaron wrote: > > >Itried mounting and got this > > > >root@adsl mnt]# mount /mnt/cdrom1 > >mount: special device /dev/scd1 does not exist > > > > > >In /dev I see links for cdrom, cdrom0, and cdrom1??? > > > >how do I find my cd drive names?? > >Thanks > >Aaron > > > > > > > No, I didn't mean that. > > lets take your fstab entries below, > > your device will be called whatever you describe it in fstab, so > > > /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom auto >codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,nosuid,ro,user,nodev 0 0 > the device is /mnt/cdrom, that is ok, this looks like it's the straight ide device > and you do not want or need scsi-emulation. > > /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom auto >codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,nosuid,rw,user,nodev 0 0 > but here again you have another device cdrom, you should not have 2 devices with > the same name, unless of course it is the same device, but I don't think it is > in your case.Therefore change the name of the device to be something else, > eg. cdrom2 > > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom3 auto >codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,nosuid,ro,user,nodev 0 0 > I think this is your true scsi device.it is ok to call it cdrom3 > > > > so what I am saying is, why not change the entry in fstab from , > /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom auto >codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,nosuid,rw,user,nodev 0 0 > to > /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto >codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,nosuid,rw,user,nodev 0 0 > > and then ensure that in directory /mnt you have all three devices as:- > /mnt/cdrom > /mnt/cdrom2 > /mnt/cdrom3 > > That way you have 2 scsi devices, one true scsi, the other and ide device faked > under scsi-emulation , and a genuine ide device. All are then properly mounted > under /mnt/cdrom , /mnt/cdrom2, /mnt/cdrom3, and to mount everything just > type into a root terminal mount -a , and they should all be mounted. > > the way you have it at the moment, two devices are mounted under the one > /mnt/cdrom directory. > > > > John > > > > > > -- > John Richard Smith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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