[newbie] No LS-120 or CDROMs after install(FAQ)
Jeffrey Norris was kind enough to send me info on his system, and the analysis techniques will serve to illustrate what install wasn't built to anticipate. First, his dmesg output showed the following: hda --CDRW hdb--CDROM hdc--LS-120 hde--8.6G HDD ATA/66 hdf--13.2GHDD ATA/33 #Ummm, better performance if you move that to another channel like hdg or hdd, though it will be a hardly noticeable difference, even if you then equip hde with the ATA/66 cable. Next, here was /etc/fstab /dev/hdf5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdf7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/hdc 0 0 /dev/hde1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hdf1 /mnt/win_c2 vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdf6 swap swap defaults 0 0 OK the cdrom* has two drives--normal except the LS-120 shows up only as a floppy, and it is tagged as /dev/hdc, properly... but not necessarily---the presence of the ide-scsi module may have moved it to /dev/sda Now, what about the /dev directory? Where do the symbolic links cdrom and cdrom2 point? Output from ls -l /dev/cdrom* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root3 Dec 22 18:12 /dev/cdrom - hda lrwxrwxrwx1 root root8 Dec 22 23:13 /dev/cdrom1 -/dev/hdb EGAD! Two bad links in one day! fix it thus, in a console, as root rm /dev/cdrom -f rm /dev/cdrom1 -f ln -s /dev/hda /dev/cdrom ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom2 chmod a+rwx /dev/cdrom chmod a+rwx /dev/cdrom2 then your new output to this 'ls -l /dev/cdrom*' command should be: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root3 Dec 22 18:12 /dev/cdrom - /dev/hda lrwxrwxrwx1 root root8 Dec 22 23:13 /dev/cdrom2 -/dev/hdb Next. /etc/lilo.conf looks like boot=/dev/hde map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi failsafe" read-only other=/dev/hde1 label=windows table=/dev/hde other=/dev/hdf1 label=windows2 table=/dev/hdf map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe This needs one change so the ls-120 will work To change it, open a Konsole su - password:(give te root password) # joe /etc/lilo.conf Once you are in. the editor ctrl-K H brings up a menu of commands Other editors that could be used are kedit, pico, emacs(not easy for newbies), cooledit, vi(difficult for newbies), jed, nedit Here is the changed file boot=/dev/hde map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy failsafe" read-only other=/dev/hde1 label=windows table=/dev/hde other=/dev/hdf1 label=windows2 table=/dev/hdf map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 other=/dev/hdc label=floppy unsafe Almost done... Now we need to make sure this ide-floppy loads, and we need to figure out if we can access the LS-120 as scsi or ide. First the LS-120, put a dos-formatted disk in the device (a floppy, not an LS-120 cartridge) with a file on it. Try this in your Konsole # mkdir /mnt/ls120 # mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/ls120 If you do not get an error message, then # ls /mnt/ls120 and if you see the file, then change /etc/fstab(with joe or your favorite editor) so the line with dev=/dev/hdc is dev=/dev/sda. If you get an error messge or do not see the file, then # ls /mnt/floppy If you then see the file, the problem is with the floppy icon on your desktop. exit the superuser mode on the console and right-click the floppy icon. Select "properties" and then choose the URL tab and make sure the entry there is /mnt/floppy. Please note that supermount will mount ONLY vfat or DOS/Windows formatted floppies and ls120 cartridges. There is a way to change that, but not many good reasons to. You can use mkbootdisk with an option for /dev/hdc as well as the correct version designation, and an ls120 cartrudge
Re: [newbie] No LS-120 or CDROMs after install(FAQ)
Next. /etc/lilo.conf looks like What if you are using GRUB? Does it use the lilo settings?
Re: [newbie] No LS-120 or CDROMs after install(FAQ)
Civileme, Thanks much for the info. I can now read from my LS-120 (not sure of the settings used to make a boot disk yet though ) and my Teac CDROM seems to work ok, even though I get errors listed in 'dmesg'. The big problem is my burner won't work. I get 'hda: driver not present'. I figured out that I installed 7.2 w/ BIOS PNP OS set to yes. Could this have caused some of my problems ? Also, my Imation CDRW isn't on the supported hardware list. Think maybe it'll just never work ? Do I need to reconfigure the Kernel or load additional modules ? Thanks again, I'm just about there. :) Jeff On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, civileme wrote: Jeffrey Norris was kind enough to send me info on his system, and the analysis techniques will serve to illustrate what install wasn't built to anticipate. First, his dmesg output showed the following: hda --CDRW hdb--CDROM hdc--LS-120 hde--8.6G HDD ATA/66 hdf--13.2GHDD ATA/33 #Ummm, better performance if you move that to another channel like hdg or hdd, though it will be a hardly noticeable difference, even if you then equip hde with the ATA/66 cable. Next, here was /etc/fstab /dev/hdf5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdf7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/hdc 0 0 /dev/hde1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hdf1 /mnt/win_c2 vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdf6 swap swap defaults 0 0 OK the cdrom* has two drives--normal except the LS-120 shows up only as a floppy, and it is tagged as /dev/hdc, properly... but not necessarily---the presence of the ide-scsi module may have moved it to /dev/sda Now, what about the /dev directory? Where do the symbolic links cdrom and cdrom2 point? Output from ls -l /dev/cdrom* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root3 Dec 22 18:12 /dev/cdrom - hda lrwxrwxrwx1 root root8 Dec 22 23:13 /dev/cdrom1 -/dev/hdb EGAD! Two bad links in one day! fix it thus, in a console, as root rm /dev/cdrom -f rm /dev/cdrom1 -f ln -s /dev/hda /dev/cdrom ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom2 chmod a+rwx /dev/cdrom chmod a+rwx /dev/cdrom2 then your new output to this 'ls -l /dev/cdrom*' command should be: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root3 Dec 22 18:12 /dev/cdrom - /dev/hda lrwxrwxrwx1 root root8 Dec 22 23:13 /dev/cdrom2 -/dev/hdb Next. /etc/lilo.conf looks like boot=/dev/hde map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi failsafe" read-only other=/dev/hde1 label=windows table=/dev/hde other=/dev/hdf1 label=windows2 table=/dev/hdf map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe This needs one change so the ls-120 will work To change it, open a Konsole su - password:(give te root password) # joe /etc/lilo.conf Once you are in. the editor ctrl-K H brings up a menu of commands Other editors that could be used are kedit, pico, emacs(not easy for newbies), cooledit, vi(difficult for newbies), jed, nedit Here is the changed file boot=/dev/hde map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hdf5 append=" hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy failsafe" read-only other=/dev/hde1 label=windows table=/dev/hde other=/dev/hdf1 label=windows2 table=/dev/hdf map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 other=/dev/hdc label=floppy unsafe Almost done... Now we need to make sure this ide-floppy loads, and we need to figure out if we can access the LS-120 as scsi or ide. First the LS-120, put a dos-formatted disk in the device (a floppy, not an LS-120 cartridge) with a file on it. Try this in your Konsole # mkdir /mnt/ls120 # mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/ls120 If you do not get an error message, then # ls /mnt/ls120 and if you see the file, then change /etc/fstab(with joe
[newbie] No LS-120, or CDROMs after install
Hi, I'm new here so I hope this isn't a redundant question. I've looked for, but can't find a definite answer to my problem. I just installed 7.2, 'most' everything is fine, except!, now I have no access to my CDROM drives (1 Burner, 1 reader) or my LS-120 floppy. The only thing that isn't fairly generic about my setup is that I have both of my hard drives on an embedded (motherboard) HighPoint UDMA 66 controller. Any help would be truly appreciated as I can't even make a boot floppy as of now. Setup: Abit BE6 Motherboard Diamond Viper 770 Ultra TNT Video Card Soundblaster PCI 512 Audio Imation 4x4x20 CD-RW (IDE) Teac 48x CDROM Drive (IDE) (2) IBM IDE Hard Drives LS-120 Floppy (no 1.44 installed) (IDE) 256 meg. PC100 memory I read that some SCSI controllers could cause problems, but I thought that had been fixed. The HighPoint (IDE) controller does show up as a SCSI device though. Thanks, Jeff Norris... [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Devices Are Mounted (Supermount)
