On Monday 15 December 2003 09:05 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 15 Dec 2003 10:18 am, amine grun wrote: > > ------- Message d'origine ------- > > De: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:22:01 +0000 > > Sujet: Re: [newbie] cdrom/floppy drives > > > > On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 10:14 pm, John wrote: > > > On Sunday 14 December 2003 04:01 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 3:23 pm, John wrote: > > > > > On Sunday 14 December 2003 05:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 10:49 pm, John wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for response. Tried harddrake and noticed the files > > > > > had changed. Floppy=> new devfs device: /dev/floppy/0; old > > > > > device file:/dev/fd0... Cdrom=> new devfs device: > > > > > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0 /target0/lun0/cd; old device file: > > > > > /dev/scd0... I'm not sure how or why the change. Error > > > > > message when trying to access cd says could not enter > > > > > directory /mnt/cdrom. Thanks for help. > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > /dev/fd0 is a link to /dev/floppy/0, so it's no problem (see > > > > attached). I would guess, though, that your /etc/fstab may > > > > need adjusting. Check that you still have the mount points > > > > that you want to use, /mnt/floppy, /mnt/cdrom etc.. Then > > > > paste a copy of your fstab into your reply, and one of us > > > > will check it for you. > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > Anne > > > Thanks again for the response. Here is the copy of /etc/fstab. > > > /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > > /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 > > > none /mnt/floppy supermount > > > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,u > > >ma sk =0 0 0 > > > none /mnt/scd0 supermount > > > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask > > >=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > I'm learning here so i'm not sure about the mount points. I am > > > using the default setup from the installation process if that > > > helps, but something has changed from that setup. > > > > Clearly fstab is still looking for those link files. I assume > > that they have been lost. I would guess that you could simply > > change the relevant fstab lines, making dev=/dev/fd0 read > > dev=/dev/floppy/0 and so on, but I suspect that it would be > > better to recreate the links. > > > > It's time for someone more experienced to jump in on this one. > > Should he recreate the links? Can you give precise instructions? > > > > Anne > > Hi ! > try changing the two lines in fstab like this : > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat,msdos > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859- > 1,sync,users,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 > # the abov for floppy drive, users is to let users mount and > unmount it. > / dev/scd0 /mnt/scd0 iso9660 > > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,users,codepage=850,uma >sk=0 0 0 > # iso9660 or iso6990 i don't remember i am not at home to check, > you can leave supermount unchanged and try > # the others filesystems if it failes. > #goodluck !! > > amine > > ==== > > It's always a good idea to copy a config file like fstab first, > either by cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old or by opening it in a text > editor then saving to a new name. Once you've done that, the > simplest change for you to make is to replace /dev/fd0 with > /dev/floppy/0 and replace /dev/scd0 with /dev/scsi/host0/bus0 > /target0/lun0/cd > > I'm pretty sure it would work like that, just didn't know if it was > the best way to do it. I agree with amine, though, that adding > 'user' will be important for you. Without that only root would be > able to access them. > > Anne
Thanks for response amine and Anne. I'll let you know as soon as i get time to try the change if it works. Its a busy week and will probably be the weekend. Thanks again. john
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