Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
On 28 Aug 2002, Pixel wrote: ?? xine use /dev/dvd doesn't it? rdvd, if raw devices are enabled. -- Reinout van SchouwenArtificial Intelligence student email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile phone: +31-6-44360778 GPG public key http://www.cs.vu.nl/~reinout/reinout.asc
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Pixel wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: hdd is a DVD which was correctly identified in the Control Center as a DVD but mounted as cdrom2 trivial yes but I think it just adds a touch of class that Mandrake mounts a DVD as /mnt/dvd instead of /mnt/cdrom2 quite a late for such a change. but maybe... Also programs like xine default DVD drives to /mnt/dvd so the above change should make programs like xine without the need for extra configuration. ?? xine use /dev/dvd doesn't it? Yes, IMHO, better to link /dev/dvd to /dev/hdd (in this case). I don't know if this would be easy or not with Devfs, or if an option should be available in mcc. Then, being able to set hdX=ide-scsi from there would also be cool ... Buchan -- |Registered Linux User #182071-| Buchan MilneMechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work+27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Reinout van Schouwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 28 Aug 2002, Pixel wrote: ?? xine use /dev/dvd doesn't it? rdvd, if raw devices are enabled. both /dev/dvd and /dev/rdvd are there
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Buchan Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Also programs like xine default DVD drives to /mnt/dvd so the above change should make programs like xine without the need for extra configuration. ?? xine use /dev/dvd doesn't it? Yes, IMHO, better to link /dev/dvd to /dev/hdd (in this case). I don't know if this would be easy or not with Devfs, it is done or if an option should be available in mcc. Then, being able to set hdX=ide-scsi from there would also be cool ... hdX=ide-scsi is done
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Hi! On 28 Aug 2002 14:12:37 +0200 Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buchan Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, IMHO, better to link /dev/dvd to /dev/hdd (in this case). I don't know if this would be easy or not with Devfs, it is done Hmmm, I'd vote for linking it to /dev/cdroms/cdromX. Why? Well, on my Notebook I can remove the DVD drive an put a normal harddisk in it instead - so /dev/hdc is now no longer a DVD but a normal harddisk... so /dev/dvd shouldn't be there. -- Michael Reinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mr.uue.org
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Michael Reinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! On 28 Aug 2002 14:12:37 +0200 Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buchan Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, IMHO, better to link /dev/dvd to /dev/hdd (in this case). I don't know if this would be easy or not with Devfs, it is done Hmmm, I'd vote for linking it to /dev/cdroms/cdromX. Why? Well, on my Notebook I can remove the DVD drive an put a normal harddisk in it instead - so /dev/hdc is now no longer a DVD but a normal harddisk... so /dev/dvd shouldn't be there. I won't do this. Too late, too many upcoming pbs sorry
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Hi! On 28 Aug 2002 14:53:43 +0200 Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm, I'd vote for linking it to /dev/cdroms/cdromX. Why? Well, on my Notebook I can remove the DVD drive an put a normal harddisk in it instead - so /dev/hdc is now no longer a DVD but a normal harddisk... so/dev/dvd shouldn't be there. I won't do this. Too late, too many upcoming pbs Too late for 9.0 or too late for ever? Too late for 9.0: That's OK, I know that Cooker is frozen and this isn't a critical issue. -- Michael Reinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mr.uue.org
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
On Wednesday 28 August 2002 12:47, Pixel wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: hdd is a DVD which was correctly identified in the Control Center as a DVD but mounted as cdrom2 trivial yes but I think it just adds a touch of class that Mandrake mounts a DVD as /mnt/dvd instead of /mnt/cdrom2 quite a late for such a change. but maybe... I think this is always suggested when cooker is in the freezer. lsb could be a problem when one uses /mnt/dvd etc. and may i add /mnt/burner for when you have a cdwriter and pixel i think somebody even had a solution in mind :) http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker@linux-mandrake.com/msg40615.html
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Michael Reinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! On 28 Aug 2002 14:53:43 +0200 Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm, I'd vote for linking it to /dev/cdroms/cdromX. Why? Well, on my Notebook I can remove the DVD drive an put a normal harddisk in it instead - so /dev/hdc is now no longer a DVD but a normal harddisk... so/dev/dvd shouldn't be there. I won't do this. Too late, too many upcoming pbs Too late for 9.0 or too late for ever? well, since devfs may not last forever, keeping compatibility with old names is still the way. hum thinking about it, it's not very easy since /dev/cdroms/* are moving independently of the names.
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
andre [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and may i add /mnt/burner for when you have a cdwriter same pb. and pixel i think somebody even had a solution in mind :) http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker@linux-mandrake.com/msg40615.html now i even know how to detect dvd burner for scsi's so that's not the pb (and DrakX creates /dev/dvd)
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Pixel wrote: andre [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: now i even know how to detect dvd burner for scsi's so that's not the pb (and DrakX creates /dev/dvd) Also for CDRW/DVD combo? Sorry, just saw a question on MF with title Beta 4 did not setup my DVD here: http://mandrakeforum.com/comments.php?sid=2386pid=0mode=order=0thold=0lang=en -- |Registered Linux User #182071-| Buchan MilneMechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work+27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Buchan Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pixel wrote: andre [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: now i even know how to detect dvd burner for scsi's so that's not the pb (and DrakX creates /dev/dvd) Also for CDRW/DVD combo? Sorry, just saw a question on MF with title Beta 4 did not setup my DVD here: http://mandrakeforum.com/comments.php?sid=2386pid=0mode=order=0thold=0lang=en i now use /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
Hi! On 28 Aug 2002 17:02:26 +0200 Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm, I'd vote for linking it to /dev/cdroms/cdromX. Why? Well, on my Notebook I can remove the DVD drive an put a normal harddisk in it instead - so /dev/hdc is now no longer a DVD but a normal harddisk... so/dev/dvd shouldn't be there. I won't do this. Too late, too many upcoming pbs Too late for 9.0 or too late for ever? well, since devfs may not last forever, keeping compatibility with old names is still the way. Well, very few things do last forever - that's why I prefere the eXtreme Programming style for software development. One aspect of it is: don't think about the future, because the future is unknown. Just take the simplest solution available for your current problem. If the requirements change, do the same again. hum thinking about it, it's not very easy since /dev/cdroms/* are moving independently of the names. Well, what about e.g. /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd then? ;-) -- Michael Reinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mr.uue.org
Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 19:52, andre wrote: On Wednesday 28 August 2002 12:47, Pixel wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: hdd is a DVD which was correctly identified in the Control Center as a DVD but mounted as cdrom2 trivial yes but I think it just adds a touch of class that Mandrake mounts a DVD as /mnt/dvd instead of /mnt/cdrom2 quite a late for such a change. but maybe... I think this is always suggested when cooker is in the freezer. lsb could be a problem when one uses /mnt/dvd etc. and may i add /mnt/burner for when you have a cdwriter and pixel i think somebody even had a solution in mind :) http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker@linux-mandrake.com/msg40615.html Now first I admit ignorance but isn't a mount point just a directory reference in fstab? That is, link /dev/hdX to /mnt/, or any other directory for that matter? The mount point should be a trivial change. Since you can already identify a DVD player you know which is which. It kept throwing me off so I made the change myself and thought most people new to Linux would intuitively call the device dvd (/mnt/dvd) not cdromX. Sorry about reference to xine, thought that was /mnt/dvd not /dev/dvd. Gabriel
