Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On 23 Jun 2003 10:39:36 -0500 Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello yet again John. This morning when I booted I discovered that I no longer have access to my CDRW drive!! I still get the two FAILED entries on boot up but now they both end with mount 0 does not exist. I checked my /dev directory and found no listing for either /hdb or/scd1. However in my /mnt directory I find cdrw, cdrom, scd1, and scd0. That is beyond me. Since I have 2 CD's which are both scsi emulated and working properly, Here is your fstab with MY fstab's two cdrom entries. Try this fstab, if that still doesn't work, delete the supermount word from both lines and try again. If you do delete the supoermount word from fstab, you have to type mount -a as root to get them to mount (There will be an error if you don't have a cd in both drives. You DON'T need to mount a blank cdr for burning. Anyway, here it is: /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,unhide,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 I suggest that when it is working properly, immediately back up your stuff before you shut your computer down. Then, you can do a full install of Mandrake 9.1. John Drouhard -- Mon Jun 23 10:53:45 UTC 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hello yet again John.
This morning when I booted I discovered that I no longer have access to
my CDRW drive!! I still get the two FAILED entries on boot up but now
they both end with mount 0 does not exist.
I checked my /dev directory and found no listing for either /hdb
or/scd1. However in my /mnt directory I find cdrw, cdrom, scd1, and
scd0.
Here'a my lilo.conf as it currently appears.
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=150
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=failsafe devfs=nomount
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
and my fstab:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /mnt/cdrom supermount
dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/cdrw supermount
dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0
0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
I still do not understand why my CDRW is there once or twice then
disappears. Yesterday I did a cold boot to make sure the CDRW was still
there and it was!! Then I logged off and shut down my computer for the
night. When I booted this morning my CDRW was inaccessible and has
disappeared from my Mandrake control center hardware list. Can anybody
tell me precisely why this keeps happening? And how I can prevent it in
the future?!?!
LTR }}:{(
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 15:31, John Drouhard wrote:
Since your cd drives are working, I suggest you backup all your data,
then upgrade to 9.1 doing a fresh install. Then everything will be fixed
(Also, 9.1 automatically sets up SCSI emulation for detected burners).
Hope you get it working!
John Drouhard
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hi John.
When I logged on this morning after checking my email I checked the status of my CDRW drive. To my dismay I discovered that I no longer have a working CDRW, either as supermount or as SCSI. It no longer appears on my hardware list at all and is completely unavailable.
You asked for my fstab and lilo files which I'm including below.
My fstab currently (following reboot this AM) reads:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
My lilo.conf reads:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=150
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=failsafe devfs=nomount
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
I don't understand why my CDRW keeps disappearing!?! When I rebooted last night with the new fstab file the CDRW was recognized by the system and was usable by the xcdroast program. I did not intentionally change anything after that reboot and yet when I rebooted this AM my CDRW was gone?!?!
LTR }}:{(
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 02:07, John Richard Smith wrote:
Langsley T Russell wrote:
BINGO John!!
I once again have my CDRW in my hardware list. Once again it appears
twice, once as hdb and once as scd1. I opened xcdroast and it too sees
the Samsung CDRW drive.
Now I must ask if I should leave both entries for the CDRW in my
hardware list? I checked mount points and the CDRW is mounted as scd1.
Is that as it should be?
Thank you so much, John! I am forever in your debt.
LTR }}:{(
Langsley,
If I understand you correcty you have a working writer, both
supermounted and scsi-emulated.
Can yopu kindly post both your relevent lilo.conf and fstab entries ,
for the device, so that we can see what does what.
thanks,
John
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On 22 Jun 2003 11:41:04 -0500 Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John. When I logged on this morning after checking my email I checked the status of my CDRW drive. To my dismay I discovered that I no longer have a working CDRW, either as supermount or as SCSI. It no longer appears on my hardware list at all and is completely unavailable. You asked for my fstab and lilo files which I'm including below. My fstab currently (following reboot this AM) reads: /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 May I ask what hardware list you are talking about? Is it harddrake? Or dmesg? I am beginning to think that you may need to reinstall linux. What version are you running? Try typing mount -a as root in a terminal. Then check /mnt/hdb when you have a cd in the drive. If it's empty or not accessible, then there is something wrong. Oh ya, what is your /dev/scd0? Do you have another scsi device that isn't a cd? If you do, change your fstab so that the dev=/dev/scd0 becomes /dev/scd1. John Drouhard -- Sun Jun 22 12:52:01 UTC 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hi John,
The hardware list I was referring to is the one in the Mandrake Control Center. I'm running 8.2. Part of the reason for wanting to get my CDRW working is so that I can backup many files before upgrading to 9.1. Mount -a at this point simply takes me back to a command line cursor. I have a very old 1X SCSI CD ROM drive, but not a CDRW). At this point it is listed in MCC hardware list as scd0. The mount point for it at this time is hdb. Opening /mnt/hdb reads from my stone-age 1X CD ROM drive!
LTR }}:{(
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 07:54, John Drouhard wrote:
May I ask what hardware list you are talking about? Is it harddrake?
Or dmesg? I am beginning to think that you may need to reinstall linux.
What version are you running? Try typing mount -a as root in a terminal.
Then check /mnt/hdb when you have a cd in the drive. If it's empty or
not accessible, then there is something wrong. Oh ya, what is your
/dev/scd0? Do you have another scsi device that isn't a cd? If you do,
change your fstab so that the dev=/dev/scd0 becomes /dev/scd1.
John Drouhard
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On 22 Jun 2003 14:03:26 -0500 Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, The hardware list I was referring to is the one in the Mandrake Control Center. I'm running 8.2. Part of the reason for wanting to get my CDRW working is so that I can backup many files before upgrading to 9.1. Mount -a at this point simply takes me back to a command line cursor. I have a very old 1X SCSI CD ROM drive, but not a CDRW). At this point it is listed in MCC hardware list as scd0. The mount point for it at this time is hdb. Opening /mnt/hdb reads from my stone-age 1X CD ROM drive! Aha! make this your fstab: /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrw supermount dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 Save it, reboot, and then open /mnt/cdrw for your cdrw drive, and /mnt/cdrom will be your scsi drive. This will work. If it doesn't, then I don't know what the heck is going wrong. I seriously hope this helps. John Drouhard -- Sun Jun 22 15:16:21 UTC 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
OK John, I copied the new fstab file you provided to the etc directory.
On boot up I now get two FAILED lines.
The first one reads:
Supermount error (device 0/12) supermount_read_sup er:no dev: file
system option
The second reads:
Mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock or none, or too many
mounted file systems
However the two drives appear to be working as expected.
My CD ROM drive now appears as device scd0 in the hardware list.
Mount point: /mnt/cdrom
Device: scd0
Type: auto
Options: supermount,ro,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,mask=0
My CDRW drive once again appears on my mandrake command center twice,
once as /dev/hdb and once as /dev/scd1.
For mount point it says /mnt/cdrw.
Device is scd1
Type auto
Options supermount,ro,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,unmask=0
Again thanks for the unbelievable amount of assistance. Believe me it is
truly appreciated!!
LTR }}:{(
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On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 10:21, John Drouhard wrote:
Aha! make this your fstab:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /mnt/cdrom supermount
dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/cdrw supermount
dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
Save it, reboot, and then open /mnt/cdrw for your cdrw drive, and /mnt/cdrom
will be your scsi drive. This will work. If it doesn't, then I don't
know what the heck is going wrong.
I seriously hope this helps.
John Drouhard
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On 22 Jun 2003 17:54:27 -0500 Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK John, I copied the new fstab file you provided to the etc directory. On boot up I now get two FAILED lines. The first one reads: Supermount error (device 0/12) supermount_read_sup er:no dev: file system option The second reads: Mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock or none, or too many mounted file systems However the two drives appear to be working as expected. My CD ROM drive now appears as device scd0 in the hardware list. Mount point: /mnt/cdrom Device: scd0 Type: auto Options: supermount,ro,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,mask=0 My CDRW drive once again appears on my mandrake command center twice, once as /dev/hdb and once as /dev/scd1. For mount point it says /mnt/cdrw. Device is scd1 Type auto Options supermount,ro,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,unmask=0 Again thanks for the unbelievable amount of assistance. Believe me it is truly appreciated!! Since your cd drives are working, I suggest you backup all your data, then upgrade to 9.1 doing a fresh install. Then everything will be fixed (Also, 9.1 automatically sets up SCSI emulation for detected burners). Hope you get it working! John Drouhard -- Sun Jun 22 20:27:56 UTC 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:30:13 +0100, John Richard Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Langsley T Russell wrote:
OK John.
I've done everything up to /then copy your new fstab file to /etc
directory./ The only way I could find to change the name of the
fstab file to fstab1 was to log on as root. When logged on as root
none of my desktop files from my standard session are available. So
there is nothing to copy. when I log back on as user I am denied
permission to edit the etc file. If I can't manage to do that I
guess I'll have to undo the name change to fstab/fstab1. how can I
accomplish this crucial step?
LTR }}:{(
Can you copy to a floppy,
Better still copy new fstab to one of those fat32/vfat partitions that
you already have a line in your existing fstab, then logon as root,
then you should be able to make the necessary change in /etc
directory. All this ought to be done as root anyway. you are
constructing system files for universal use, not some oddjob user
task.
I could get you into a root terminal but then you will have to issue
root commands which is more difficult for the newbie. Can you logon as
root to a root desktop ?
John
If you log in as root, open an editor and go to /home/user/Desktop to
find your file?
Or log in as a user, open a terminal, 'su' to root. Then get clever
with 'cp' and 'mv', or run your editor from the terminal (so it runs
as root) and make changes that way.
Richard
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hi again John.
I managed to do a copy and paste to my etc directory by copying the new fstab to my tmp directory as user and then copying and pasting it into my etc directory as root. What follows is what I got when I typed mount -a in a terminal as root.
mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: No medium found
mount: mount point 0 does not exist
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
mount: mount point 0 does not exist
That means nothing to me but I'm hoping it will to you. I don't see anything there which appears to be my CDRW drive but then as I said , it means nothing, or I guess I should say very little, to me. My old SCSI CD ROM drive is listed in the hardware list as scd0 so I doubt that that is it. I also opened xcdroast and the CDRW does not appear there.
LTR }}:{(
On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 11:43, John Richard Smith wrote:
Langsley T Russell wrote:
Hi again John.
I edited the fstab file as you suggested. The contents appears below.
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount
dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
OK, Langsley, I think it's time to start dropping supermount, maybe you
have the same problem with supermount as me. S0 I would like you to copy
this script ,
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/scd0 /mnt/scd0 auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
into a fresh new text file on desktop , do this by moving the cursor
over a blank spot on desktop, rightmouse click down to create new - text
file, and name it fatab, then move the cursor over the icon of the new
fstab textfile and roghtmouse click- down to open with text editor, and
choose one, say kwrite , and then sweep the text I have given you here
with the mouse cursor and move the cursor over the open fstab text file
left mouse click to position, and then press middle mouse button, and
all the copyied text will fill out onto the page, then save and exit.
You then have a new fstab file .
Go to /etc directory in konqueror window and rename the existing fstab
file fstab1, then copy your new fstab file to /etc directory.
in a terminal , type, mount -a
and see if that gives you a writer
test by putting up something like xcdroast and see if it appears in the
device list.
or type in terminal,
cdrecord -scanbus, and see what it says,
John
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hi John.
I tried typing eject /dev for /hda, /hdb, /hdc, and /hdd. None of the commands ever ejected or opened anything. this is the response I got to each of the commands.
eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/hdb'
These are the responses I got when I tried eject /dev/scd1 and /scd0
eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/scd1'
[EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ eject /dev/scd0
eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument
LTR }}:{(
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On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 16:12, John Drouhard wrote:
I have a suggestion. Try typing eject /dev/hda. If it can't find eject,
then install it with urpmi eject. Once it's installed, type eject
/dev/hda, eject /dev/hdb, eject /dev/hdc, and eject /dev/hdd. All as
separate commands. Then tell us which command opens your cdrw drive (and
your regular cd drive if you have one). Then we can just give you a new
fstab and lilo.conf file.
Hope you get this working!
John Drouhard
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On 21 Jun 2003 17:01:25 -0500 Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again John. I managed to do a copy and paste to my etc directory by copying the new fstab to my tmp directory as user and then copying and pasting it into my etc directory as root. What follows is what I got when I typed mount -a in a terminal as root. mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: No medium found mount: mount point 0 does not exist mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device mount: mount point 0 does not exist That means nothing to me but I'm hoping it will to you. I don't see anything there which appears to be my CDRW drive but then as I said , it means nothing, or I guess I should say very little, to me. My old SCSI CD ROM drive is listed in the hardware list as scd0 so I doubt that that is it. I also opened xcdroast and the CDRW does not appear there. Could you give us the output of this command: dmesg | grep hd Copy and paste this into a terminal. This will help us to help you configure your fstab properly. HTH, John Drouhard -- Sat Jun 21 17:35:21 UTC 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Here it is John.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
hda: IBM-DTLA-307015, ATA DISK drive
hda: 30003120 sectors (15362 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=29765/16/63, UDMA(100)
LTR }}:{(
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On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 12:36, John Drouhard wrote:
Could you give us the output of this command:
dmesg | grep hd
Copy and paste this into a terminal. This will help us to help you
configure your fstab properly.
HTH,
John Drouhard
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On 21 Jun 2003 18:03:13 -0500 Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here it is John. [EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA hda: IBM-DTLA-307015, ATA DISK drive hda: 30003120 sectors (15362 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=29765/16/63, UDMA(100) It's not even recognizing your cdrw drive as being there. Make this your fstab: /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 Change it to that, save it, then edit your lilo.conf so your append line DOES NOT have the scsi em thing. Then run lilo as root, and then reboot your computer. Once you've done all this, run dmesg | grep hd again. Then give us the results of that. We will then walk you through how to set up sci-em, once again, correctly. I imagine you've learned a lot about linux through this experience. :) John Drouhard -- Sat Jun 21 18:24:08 UTC 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
I sent this earlier but I haven't seen it show up on the list. If it comes through twice I apologize.
OK, John, I believe I did everything as directed.
Below is the new results of dmesg | grep hd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
hda: IBM-DTLA-307015, ATA DISK drive
hdb: SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-348B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: 30003120 sectors (15362 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=29765/16/63, UDMA(100)
Yes, I've learned more about the Linux OS in the last few days than in all the months I've been running Linux.
What's next??
Again thanks for all the help. I would hgiven up long ago without the help I've gotten here.
LTR }}:{(
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On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 13:28, John Drouhard wrote:
On 21 Jun 2003 18:03:13 -0500
Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here it is John.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount
hdb=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
hda: IBM-DTLA-307015, ATA DISK drive
hda: 30003120 sectors (15362 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=29765/16/63,
UDMA(100)
It's not even recognizing your cdrw drive as being there. Make this your fstab:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
Change it to that, save it, then edit your lilo.conf so your append line
DOES NOT have the scsi em thing. Then run lilo as root, and then reboot
your computer. Once you've done all this, run dmesg | grep hd again.
Then give us the results of that. We will then walk you through how to
set up sci-em, once again, correctly.
I imagine you've learned a lot about linux through this experience. :)
John Drouhard
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
OK, John, I believe I did everything as directed.
Below is the new results of dmesg | grep hd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
hda: IBM-DTLA-307015, ATA DISK drive
hdb: SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-348B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: 30003120 sectors (15362 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=29765/16/63, UDMA(100)
Yes, I've learned more about the Linux OS in the last few days than in all the months I've been running Linux.
What's next??
Again thanks for all the help. I would hgiven up long ago without the help I've gotten here.
LTR }}:{(
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On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 13:28, John Drouhard wrote:
On 21 Jun 2003 18:03:13 -0500
Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here it is John.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount
hdb=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
hda: IBM-DTLA-307015, ATA DISK drive
hda: 30003120 sectors (15362 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=29765/16/63,
UDMA(100)
It's not even recognizing your cdrw drive as being there. Make this your fstab:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
Change it to that, save it, then edit your lilo.conf so your append line
DOES NOT have the scsi em thing. Then run lilo as root, and then reboot
your computer. Once you've done all this, run dmesg | grep hd again.
Then give us the results of that. We will then walk you through how to
set up sci-em, once again, correctly.
I imagine you've learned a lot about linux through this experience. :)
John Drouhard
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On 21 Jun 2003 20:44:00 -0500 Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sent this earlier but I haven't seen it show up on the list. If it comes through twice I apologize. OK, John, I believe I did everything as directed. Below is the new results of dmesg | grep hd t hdb=ide-scsi ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi Here's where it says that lilo set up scsi emulation properly. hdb: SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-348B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Here is where it says that hdb is in fact your cdrw drive /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 Now, make this your fstab, save it, and reboot. Afterwards, you should have scsi-em working like a charm!! I am anxious to see how this turns out, please let me know as soon as possible. :) John Drouhard -- Sat Jun 21 21:05:07 UTC 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
BINGO John!!
I once again have my CDRW in my hardware list. Once again it appears twice, once as hdb and once as scd1. I opened xcdroast and it too sees the Samsung CDRW drive.
Now I must ask if I should leave both entries for the CDRW in my hardware list? I checked mount points and the CDRW is mounted as scd1. Is that as it should be?
Thank you so much, John! I am forever in your debt.
LTR }}:{(
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 16:09, John Drouhard wrote:
hdb=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
Here's where it says that lilo set up scsi emulation properly.
hdb: SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-348B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Here is where it says that hdb is in fact your cdrw drive
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
Now, make this your fstab, save it, and reboot. Afterwards, you should
have scsi-em working like a charm!!
I am anxious to see how this turns out, please let me know as soon as
possible. :)
John Drouhard
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hi again John.
I edited the fstab file as you suggested. The contents appears below.
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
I rebooted following the change and did not get the two FAILED lines.
I then checked with MCC and there is no listing for my CDRW drive in the hardware list.
I also checked my mount directory and CDRW appears there as does scd1 and hdb.
My old SCSI, CD ROM drive is listed as scd0 .
At this time the CDRW is still completely unavailable.
LTR }}:{(
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Langsley T Russell wrote: Hi again John. I edited the fstab file as you suggested. The contents appears below. /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 OK, Langsley, I think it's time to start dropping supermount, maybe you have the same problem with supermount as me. S0 I would like you to copy this script , /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/scd0 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 into a fresh new text file on desktop , do this by moving the cursor over a blank spot on desktop, rightmouse click down to create new - text file, and name it fatab, then move the cursor over the icon of the new fstab textfile and roghtmouse click- down to open with text editor, and choose one, say kwrite , and then sweep the text I have given you here with the mouse cursor and move the cursor over the open fstab text file left mouse click to position, and then press middle mouse button, and all the copyied text will fill out onto the page, then save and exit. You then have a new fstab file . Go to /etc directory in konqueror window and rename the existing fstab file fstab1, then copy your new fstab file to /etc directory. in a terminal , type, mount -a and see if that gives you a writer test by putting up something like xcdroast and see if it appears in the device list. or type in terminal, cdrecord -scanbus, and see what it says, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
OK John.
I've done everything up to then copy your new fstab file to /etc directory. The only way I could find to change the name of the fstab file to fstab1 was to log on as root. When logged on as root none of my desktop files from my standard session are available. So there is nothing to copy. when I log back on as user I am denied permission to edit the etc file. If I can't manage to do that I guess I'll have to undo the name change to fstab/fstab1. how can I accomplish this crucial step?
LTR }}:{(
On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 11:43, John Richard Smith wrote:
OK, Langsley, I think it's time to start dropping supermount, maybe you
have the same problem with supermount as me. S0 I would like you to copy
this script ,
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/scd0 /mnt/scd0 auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
into a fresh new text file on desktop , do this by moving the cursor
over a blank spot on desktop, rightmouse click down to create new - text
file, and name it fatab, then move the cursor over the icon of the new
fstab textfile and roghtmouse click- down to open with text editor, and
choose one, say kwrite , and then sweep the text I have given you here
with the mouse cursor and move the cursor over the open fstab text file
left mouse click to position, and then press middle mouse button, and
all the copyied text will fill out onto the page, then save and exit.
You then have a new fstab file .
Go to /etc directory in konqueror window and rename the existing fstab
file fstab1, then copy your new fstab file to /etc directory.
in a terminal , type, mount -a
and see if that gives you a writer
test by putting up something like xcdroast and see if it appears in the
device list.
or type in terminal,
cdrecord -scanbus, and see what it says,
John
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Langsley T Russell wrote:
OK John.
I've done everything up to /then copy your new fstab file to /etc
directory./ The only way I could find to change the name of the fstab
file to fstab1 was to log on as root. When logged on as root none of
my desktop files from my standard session are available. So there is
nothing to copy. when I log back on as user I am denied permission to
edit the etc file. If I can't manage to do that I guess I'll have to
undo the name change to fstab/fstab1. how can I accomplish this
crucial step?
LTR }}:{(
On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 11:43, John Richard Smith wrote:
/OK, Langsley, I think it's time to start dropping supermount, maybe you
have the same problem with supermount as me. S0 I would like you to copy
this script ,
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/scd0 /mnt/scd0 auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
into a fresh new text file on desktop , do this by moving the cursor
over a blank spot on desktop, rightmouse click down to create new - text
file, and name it fatab, then move the cursor over the icon of the new
fstab textfile and roghtmouse click- down to open with text editor, and
choose one, say kwrite , and then sweep the text I have given you here
with the mouse cursor and move the cursor over the open fstab text file
left mouse click to position, and then press middle mouse button, and
all the copyied text will fill out onto the page, then save and exit.
You then have a new fstab file .
Go to /etc directory in konqueror window and rename the existing fstab
file fstab1, then copy your new fstab file to /etc directory.
in a terminal , type, mount -a
and see if that gives you a writer
test by putting up something like xcdroast and see if it appears in the
device list.
or type in terminal,
cdrecord -scanbus, and see what it says,
John/
Can you copy to a floppy,
Better still copy new fstab to one of those fat32/vfat partitions that
you already have a line in your existing fstab, then logon as root, then
you should be able to make the necessary change in /etc directory. All
this ought to be done as root anyway. you are constructing system files
for universal use, not some oddjob user task.
I could get you into a root terminal but then you will have to issue
root commands which is more difficult for the newbie. Can you logon as
root to a root desktop ?
John
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
I have a suggestion. Try typing eject /dev/hda. If it can't find eject,
then install it with urpmi eject. Once it's installed, type eject
/dev/hda, eject /dev/hdb, eject /dev/hdc, and eject /dev/hdd. All as
separate commands. Then tell us which command opens your cdrw drive (and
your regular cd drive if you have one). Then we can just give you a new
fstab and lilo.conf file.
Hope you get this working!
John Drouhard
On 18 Jun 2003 10:54:10 -0500
Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks to a great deal of help from people here, primarily the two
Johns, Yesterday I actually managed to burn two CDs using Xxcdroast.
Today when I logged on I got two failure lines in my mandrake boot info.
They were both for scd1. They both said FAILED scd1 does not exist.
I checked in MCC to see if the CDRW drive is still listed and it is not.
When I logged off yesterday it was there twice, once as hdb and once as
scd1.
At this point I'm unable to access the drive at all. So I've actually
taken a step backward. When I started the device at least appeared in
the hardware list as a CD ROM and I could use it as a reader.
Below are the contents of my /ect/lilo.conf and fstab files. Do they
give a clue as to what the problem is?
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=150
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=failsafe devfs=nomount
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
fstab currently reads:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/mnt/hdb /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,--,user 0 0
/mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount
dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid 0 0
/dev/scd1 /mnt/scd1 auto user 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
Again thanks for all the help with this.
LTR }}:{(
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Langsley T Russell wrote: Below are the contents of my /ect/lilo.conf and fstab files. Do they give a clue as to what the problem is? boot=/dev/hda say's that the lilo boot device lies in your MBR map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt nowarn timeout=150 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi I doubt whether hdb=ide-scsi is correct. hda = your first hard drive, hdb = your second hard drive if you have one, but is reserved for such, hdc = your cdrom or dvd , if configured master hdd = your writer if configured slave (determined by jumpers on the back of your dives) so assuming your cdrom is master and writer is slave, I would guess that your writer is hdd, therefore the correct entry in the append line is hdd=ide-scsi. If your writer is configured master then the correct line is hdc=ide-scsi. Get this correct and your home and dry. read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=failsafe devfs=nomount add the hdd-ide-scsi to this append line as well. read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda your windblows boot script, other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe In case you ever need to tell it where the boot floppy is. fstab currently reads: /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 where your mandrake OS is none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 I've never known what this does, someone please explain none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 nor this /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 home partition /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 this is supermount on your floppy drive, fine if it works. /mnt/hdb /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,--,user 0 0 /mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount well it's trying to supermount a scsi-em hdb, as explained I think this should be /mnt/hdd and /dev/=/dev/hdd if you want supermounted scsi-em drive. dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid 0 0 I don't know what this is and it's wrong anyway. I would remove it. /dev/scd1 /mnt/scd1 auto user 0 0 Again I don't know what this is so I would remove it. /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 Your windblows OS /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 Looks like a Fat32 partition none /proc proc defaults 0 0 This is always there but I don't know exactly what it does /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 swap partition. I think all your've got to do is remove the nonsense lines, and amend the hdb to something like hdd, and make sure they are identicle in both fstab and lilo.conf and it will likely work in supermount, if not, then like me and my machine it will have to be automount, in which case the fstab entries will have to be changed. Supermount is flakey on some machines. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Quick check does scd1 and scd0 exist in /dev /mnt? Did you manually
change your fstab, as it looks kinda bad as it has scd0 and scd1 as well
as hdb being mounted which I assume are all the same device. lilo looks
okay to me though.
Tony.
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From: Langsley T Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:54 PM
To: MDK-LIST
Subject: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Thanks to a great deal of help from people here, primarily the two
Johns, Yesterday I actually managed to burn two CDs using Xxcdroast.
Today when I logged on I got two failure lines in my mandrake boot info.
They were both for scd1. They both said FAILED scd1 does not exist.
I checked in MCC to see if the CDRW drive is still listed and it is not.
When I logged off yesterday it was there twice, once as hdb and once as
scd1.
At this point I'm unable to access the drive at all. So I've actually
taken a step backward. When I started the device at least appeared in
the hardware list as a CD ROM and I could use it as a reader.
Below are the contents of my /ect/lilo.conf and fstab files. Do they
give a clue as to what the problem is?
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=150
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=failsafe devfs=nomount
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
fstab currently reads:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0
0
/mnt/hdb /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,--,user 0 0
/mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount
dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid 0 0
/dev/scd1 /mnt/scd1 auto user 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
Again thanks for all the help with this.
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hi John and Tony.
I do indeed have my CDRW mounted as hdb. I did this only because I
didn't have a spare cable lying around and did have the unused connector
on my HD cable. Therefore I believe that the hdb ID is accurate if not
correct.
I actually had the CDRW working again yesterday but when I rebooted
this morning, I once got the failed does not exist at boot up and the
CDRW drive has once again disappeared from my hardware list in MCC.
John you said:
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=failsafe devfs=nomount
add the hdd-ide-scsi to this append line as well.
Does that go within the quotes? And will that solve my problem or must I
go out and get an additional cable and make my CDRW either hdc or hdd in
order to get this working properly?
Tony, you asked if I had modified my fstab file myself. No I did not. To
the best of my knowledge the scd0 is my actual SCSI CD ROM drive. hdb
and scd1 are however both referring to my new CDRW drive. Do I need to
alter this? if so, what should it say? and yes both scd1 and scd0 exist
in /dev /mnt?
Again thanks for all your help.
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Langsley T Russell wrote: Hi John and Tony. I do indeed have my CDRW mounted as hdb. I did this only because I didn't have a spare cable lying around and did have the unused connector on my HD cable. Therefore I believe that the hdb ID is accurate if not correct. I see, that's fair enough, if just a litle unconventional. I actually had the CDRW working again yesterday but when I rebooted this morning, I once got the failed does not exist at boot up and the CDRW drive has once again disappeared from my hardware list in MCC. John you said: read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=failsafe devfs=nomount add the hdd-ide-scsi to this append line as well. Does that go within the quotes? like this, append=failsafe devfs=nomount hdb=ide-scsi note the spacings And will that solve my problem or must I go out and get an additional cable and make my CDRW either hdc or hdd in order to get this working properly? Don't think so, though I've never actually done it your way. is the harddrive set at master , and the writer set as slave ? becuse if they are both set as master , oops it will not like that. One has to be master make that the hard drive, one slave. If that does not work buy a new cable, they don't cost that much. Tony, you asked if I had modified my fstab file myself. No I did not. To the best of my knowledge the scd0 is my actual SCSI CD ROM drive. hdb and scd1 are however both referring to my new CDRW drive. Do I need to alter this? if so, what should it say? and yes both scd1 and scd0 exist in /dev /mnt? I didn't think it was your work. In my experience it loked like the installers work.I've had some wonderful entries myself recently. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2003 4:54 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote: Below are the contents of my /ect/lilo.conf and fstab files. Do they give a clue as to what the problem is? boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt nowarn timeout=150 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=failsafe devfs=nomount read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe This looks absolutely normal to me. fstab currently reads: /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /mnt/hdb /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,--,user 0 0 This is mounting your cd-rw without scsi-em /mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid 0 0 Your genuine scsi drive /dev/scd1 /mnt/scd1 auto user 0 0 And here is your cd-rw again! /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 It seems to me that this is what's causing the confusion. I would get rid of the line that refers to hdb. The /mnt/scd1 line should work then, though you may want to make it more like the scd0 line. HTH Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hi again John.
I made the additional change you suggested to my lilo,conf file it now reads,
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=failsafe devfs=nomount hdb=ide-scsi
read-only
But still no CDRW drive. When I rebooted just now, I got the same FAILED special device /dev/scd1 does not exist again. I checked /dev to see if there is a scd1 there and there is not. Nor is there an hdb.
I'm as certain as I can be that I have the jumpers set correctly. I did change the jumpers on the CDRW to slave when I installed it. Also I was able to access the CDRW drive and even burn a couple of CDs before logging off. yesterday. Now the drive doesn't appear on my hardware list. Perhaps a separate cable is the only answer??
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Hi Anne.
I did as you recommended and removed the hdb line from my fstab file. I
didn't alter the scd1 line because I don't know what I'm doing so I have
no idea just how it should be edited.
BTW both /hdb and /scd1 appear as subdirectories of my mnt directory but
neither appears in my dev directory.
Does this offer any insight??
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On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 13:36, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2003 4:54 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote:
Below are the contents of my /ect/lilo.conf and fstab files. Do
they give a clue as to what the problem is?
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=150
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=failsafe devfs=nomount
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
This looks absolutely normal to me.
fstab currently reads:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850
0 0
/mnt/hdb /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,--,user 0 0
This is mounting your cd-rw without scsi-em
/mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount
dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid 0 0
Your genuine scsi drive
/dev/scd1 /mnt/scd1 auto user 0 0
And here is your cd-rw again!
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850
0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat
iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc
defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
It seems to me that this is what's causing the confusion. I would get
rid of the line that refers to hdb. The /mnt/scd1 line should work
then, though you may want to make it more like the scd0 line.
HTH
Anne
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Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 9:21 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote: Hi Anne. I did as you recommended and removed the hdb line from my fstab file. I didn't alter the scd1 line because I don't know what I'm doing so I have no idea just how it should be edited. BTW both /hdb and /scd1 appear as subdirectories of my mnt directory but neither appears in my dev directory. In mine, under /dev/cdroms I have cdrom0 and cdrom1, both of which are links. cdrom0, for instance points to ../ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/cd. It is my cd/dvd, which is not scsi-emulated, so is mounted as /mnt/cdrom from hdb in fstab (unusual, but that's another story). cdrom1 points to ../scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/cd. This is my cd-rw, which is scsi-emulated. I would expect your actual scsi drive to be scd0, and the cd-rw to be scd1. Does that explain it any better? My fstab lines are none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/cdrw supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 hdb and scd0 are block devices under /dev, not subdirectories. HTH Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Langsley T Russell wrote: Hi again John. I made the additional change you suggested to my lilo,conf file it now reads, image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=failsafe devfs=nomount hdb=ide-scsi read-only Yep those are correct. But still no CDRW drive. When I rebooted just now, I got the same FAILED special device /dev/scd1 does not exist again. I checked /dev to see if there is a scd1 there and there is not. Nor is there an hdb. It has to be that line in your fstab about the scd1 which of course you don't have. your first scsi-emulated device is always scd0, I'm as certain as I can be that I have the jumpers set correctly. I did change the jumpers on the CDRW to slave when I installed it. Also I was able to access the CDRW drive and even burn a couple of CDs before logging off. yesterday. I'm not sure about this, cann't see why one cannot have a harddrive and a writer on the same ide line, just so long as they are either cable select of set master and slave, and as you say it has worked once. If removing the scd1 line from fstab doesn't make it work then, like me , I think I would try automount first before rushing out to buy another ide cable. It is quite easy to auto mount , you just # out the supermount line, and then write the automount line, which I have given you but I can easily do that again for you. Now the drive doesn't appear on my hardware list. Perhaps a separate cable is the only answer?? this is suggesting to me that something is confusing the system as to what is what. OK post your fstab again here and let me see how it now is after you have removed that bit about scd1. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SCSI Em- Again
Thanks to a great deal of help from people here, primarily the two
Johns, Yesterday I actually managed to burn two CDs using Xxcdroast.
Today when I logged on I got two failure lines in my mandrake boot info.
They were both for scd1. They both said FAILED scd1 does not exist.
I checked in MCC to see if the CDRW drive is still listed and it is not.
When I logged off yesterday it was there twice, once as hdb and once as
scd1.
At this point I'm unable to access the drive at all. So I've actually
taken a step backward. When I started the device at least appeared in
the hardware list as a CD ROM and I could use it as a reader.
Below are the contents of my /ect/lilo.conf and fstab files. Do they
give a clue as to what the problem is?
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=150
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=failsafe devfs=nomount
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
fstab currently reads:
/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/mnt/hdb /mnt/hdb supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,--,user 0 0
/mnt/scd0 /mnt/scd0 supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,suid
0 0
/dev/scd1 /mnt/scd1 auto user 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
Again thanks for all the help with this.
LTR }}:{(
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