Re: Sony cdu31a problem
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Matt Lawrence wrote: I'm trying to install Debian 1.2 off of the Dec. InfoMagic CDs. After typing in cdu31a=0x340 at the boot prompt, the kernel recognizes the CD drive, but there isn't an entry in /dev. It's easy enough to create one, but I don't know the appropriate major and minor device numbers. Any suggestions? By the way, the drive is hooked to a Sony controller. -- Matt Matt, I think the /dev entry you want is /dev/sonycd I have the same kind of drive, and I didn't need to create the device. Off the wall wild guess, I think the major number was 15. I can't be sure right now since my Debian machine is down with a dead power supply, but that is my vague memory... Since you probably only have one, the minor should be 0 Anyway check out http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/CDROM-HOWTO-4.html, it has a section on the cdu31a. Hope this helps. - Don - Don Prezioso Ashland University Phone: (419) 289-5015 System Programmer/Analyst 401 College Avenue E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Computing Ashland, OH 44805 http://www.ashland.edu/~dprez -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sony cdu31a problem
At 05:08 PM 1/13/97 -0500, Don Prezioso wrote: I think the /dev entry you want is /dev/sonycd I have the same kind of drive, and I didn't need to create the device. Off the wall wild guess, I think the major number was 15. I can't be sure right now since my Debian machine is down with a dead power supply, but that is my vague memory... Since you probably only have one, the minor should be 0 Anyway check out http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/CDROM-HOWTO-4.html, it has a section on the cdu31a. It really was a major number of 15. Thanks for the help. So far, only the Slackware installation has actually been able to talk to the CD, Red Hat and Debian failed. Now I'll be able to finish installing Debian. Minor rant: It wasn't that long ago that the CDU31A was one of the few CDs supported by Linux. Now, it seems that it's considered old technology and ignored. Considering that I'm running on a 33MHz 386, I think that older machines still have a lot of life left in them, particularly with Linux. -- Matt -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sony cdu31a problem
I'm trying to install Debian 1.2 off of the Dec. InfoMagic CDs. After typing in cdu31a=0x340 at the boot prompt, the kernel recognizes the CD drive, but there isn't an entry in /dev. It's easy enough to create one, but I don't know the appropriate major and minor device numbers. Any suggestions? By the way, the drive is hooked to a Sony controller. Here's the entry for your reference: brw-r--r-- 1 root root 15, 0 Dec 27 18:23 /dev/sonycd -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sony cdu31a problem
Hmm, I have installed Debian from a machine with both a CDU31A and a CDU33A (the 33A is functionally identical to the 31A). Neither gave me any problems with Debian, although RedHat did have some problems. It really was a major number of 15. Thanks for the help. So far, only the Slackware installation has actually been able to talk to the CD, Red Hat and Debian failed. Now I'll be able to finish installing Debian. Minor rant: It wasn't that long ago that the CDU31A was one of the few CDs supported by Linux. Now, it seems that it's considered old technology and ignored. Considering that I'm running on a 33MHz 386, I think that older machines still have a lot of life left in them, particularly with Linux. -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sony cdu31a problem
I'm trying to install Debian 1.2 off of the Dec. InfoMagic CDs. After typing in cdu31a=0x340 at the boot prompt, the kernel recognizes the CD drive, but there isn't an entry in /dev. It's easy enough to create one, but I don't know the appropriate major and minor device numbers. Any suggestions? By the way, the drive is hooked to a Sony controller. -- Matt -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
