On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: [ snip ]
: Now I am having some trouble with the SCSI CD. The kernel reports the : SCSI adapter and the CD during boot up messages. But when I try : mount -tios9660 /dev/scd0 /cdrom : or to use a cd player, nothing---this is not known to the kernel as : a block device Does it exist in /dev? `ls -l /dev/scd*' should shed some light on the situation. cd /dev MAKEDEV scd0 should help if the ls search turned out negative. : >synapse:/home/adavis# mount -tiso9660 /dev/scd0 /cdrom : >mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/scd0 as a block device : > (maybe `insmod driver'?) : >synapse:/home/adavis# : : This is not a module. SCSI support is compiled into the kernel : itself. Mmm. That may be, but is SCSI CD support compiled into the kernel? Modules work fine here btw and I prefer them since they're only loaded when needed. : Where can I find out the device associated with the recognized drive? The output of `dmesg' and/or /var/log/messages might help. : What else can explain that the kernel reports the device, but it is : not available to be used? Again, if the device file doesn't exist in /dev/you'll have a hard time using it. Once upon a time I had a linux box that insisted on using /dev/sr0 rather than /dev/scd0; it didn't bother me too much :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
