Re: [newbie] cd rom and cd writer
Robert Boggs wrote: In harddrake I can see my cdrom and my cd writer, however, they will not mount in root. How do I force them to? These are SCSI. RB Robert, you have to check (and possibly edit - (as root)) two files : 1. the file /etc/lilo.conf should read something like this : image=/boot/vmlinuz label=Linux root=/dev/hda2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append= hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi devfs=mount vga=791 read-only the important line being : append= hd(your CD-drive here)=ide-scsi which tells the kernel to see your ATAPI CD-ROM as a SCSI device. After editing this file, remember to run lilo (at a command-prompt, type : lilo. Then reboot to let the kernel know the changes. 2. the file /etc/fstab should read something like this : /dev/hda2 / reiserfs notail 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda4 /home reiserfs notail 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 the important lines being the ones with the cdrom's. Regards Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cd rom and cd writer
what command are you using to mount? what is the error message? On Sunday 16 December 2001 01:53, you wrote: In harddrake I can see my cdrom and my cd writer, however, they will not mount in root. How do I force them to? These are SCSI. RB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cd rom and cd writer
El Domingo 16 Diciembre 2001 21:36, escribió: OK Carlos, your English is probably better then mine (I'm danish). I think you've got it right ! It seems that you are afraid of adding something to the append-line in your lilo.conf ? - Don't be. Just to clarify a few things : hda is the hard drive (the master on your first IDE-bus) and contains 8 partitions, some of them with windows on them - right ? hdb is your CD-ROM (the slave on your first IDE-bus). Accordingly, add the following to the append : hdb=ide-scsi (just put space between the statements in the append-line). In your fstab-file this drive should be named /dev/scd0. Then I suppose, your second CD-drive (cdrom2) is the master on your second IDE-bus, right ? This drive should be named /dev/scd1 in the fstab-file, and in lilo.conf, just put the statement : hdc=ide-scsi after the other statements, separated with one or two spaces. If you are afraid of spoiling something, then start by copying your original files to e.g. fstab_old, and lilo.conf_old in your home directory before editing it. then you can reuse them if anything goes wrong. Good luck, Carlos, I think you are done ! Kaj Haulrich I'm done, Kaj, and thanks a lot! That do the trick! Finally, and after several months asking about this, I'm burning with X-CD-Roast on the fly; and, in between, I build and print the labels. Linux is a real multitask OS. Is there any windoze apps that can do that? I don't believe. Regards Carlos Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cd rom and cd writer
In harddrake I can see my cdrom and my cd writer, however, they will not mount in root. How do I force them to? These are SCSI. RB
