WOW thats the best HOWTO i've ever seen on this subject!
I'm printing it off now (and i wasn't even in this thread) At 06:29 AM 8/8/01 GMT, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: >>I recently enabled the ide-scsi option in my kernel (and set it up so that > >>lilo started it for the right devices) for my cd burner. I also have the > >>generic scsi driver in there. My burner BURNS just fine, but I was wondering > >>what the new device file name is that refers to the device. I'm mainly >just >>looking for the pattern it adheres to. I can't seem to mount anything in >my >>burner or in my regular cdrom drive because the /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd are >no >>longer valid for those devices. I thought it was something like /dev/scd0, > >>but I tried several /dev/sd* and scd* files, but none of them worked. >>(unless there's one that I'm missing and not trying) > >I can't really unscrable your question (I'm probably too unconcentrated right >now). >However, I have a vague idea that you are asking "How do I mount an IDE CD >drive that has been set under ide-scsi administration?" > >Let us take my own system as an example: > >Before setting up ide-scsi I have one IDE CD-RW. It is the slave on the primary >IDE controller. >Its device is named /dev/hdb >It also has a symbolic link named /dev/cdrom which, in this case, points >to /dev/hdb > >Now I want to be able to both burn CDs with this drive AND I want to be able >to mount it as an ordinary CD drive. > >I do this: > >I configure the kernel to use sg (generic scsi) and ide-scsi. >On my system they are loadable modules. > >Then I tell LILO to tell the kernel to treat my CD drive as a scsi device >by using the ide-scsi driver. >I do that in /etc/lilo.conf where I put this in the append line: > >append="hdb=ide-scsi" > >I then run /sbin/lilo to make the changes take effect upon the next reboot. > >I then reboot. > >Now my CD drive is no longer /dev/hdb. It has become /dev/scd0. >However, my /dev/cdrom still points to /dev/hdb. Trying to mount my CD drive >now will fail. >I must now make /dev/cdrom point to /dev/scd0 >I achieve that like this: > >rm /dev/cdrom >ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom > >I.e. first I remove the old symlink since it is no longer any good. >Then I make a new symlik that point to the correct device. > >For you I my first guess would be that your CD drives must be >/dev/scd<something> > >Have you tried mounting the devices manually one by one? >This is the tedious way to find your devices, but it should be foolproof. > >What does cdrecord -scanbus report? (I haven't got it within reach right >this minute) >I would think there would be some tools that could scan the virtual scsi >bus and list devices. I never needed one, so I can't help you there. > >I hope this helps you. > >Best regards >Johnny :o) > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
