Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> writes: > On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:38:31 -0400 (EDT), Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >> I just removed from the case of my PC two old cdrom/dvd devices that were >> broken. Then I set all the cables as I could but I'm no expert and don't >> know if I did everything ok. Anyway, all seems ok except that I can't mount >> the cdrom device that is now in my system. >> >> In fstab I have: >> >> /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 >> >> and, when I do `mount /cdrom', the system complains that the `special device >> hdc does not exist'. In fact, there's only /dev/hda. >> >> The device is seen by the system: I can regularly eject. Besides, at start >> it is seen properly as a Maxtor device, in `primary master' position. >> >> What can I do? >> >> In fstab I replaced hdc with hda, but then the system complains that `hda is >> already mounted or /media/cdrm0 busy'. > > What about your hard disk partitions? What are they called? > I'm going to make some guesses, since you don't provide the information. > I'm going to assume that you are running Lenny, and that your computer > has a single hard disk, which is IDE, and that it is /dev/hda. > Your hard disk partitions are called /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, etc. > And I'm also going to guess that the CD ROM drive is also IDE. > There are two possibilities here: (1) Your CD ROM is "daisy chained" > to the hard disk. That is, a single cable goes to both the hard > disk and the CD-ROM drive. If that is the case, the hard disk > should be "primary master" and the the CD ROM drive should be set > for "primary slave". Check the jumpers on the drive to make > sure it is set for slave operation. In this case, it might be > /dev/hdb. (2) Your CD ROM has a separate cable, it which case > it is probably connected to the secondary IDE controller. > It should then be be set for "secondary master". Check the jumpers > on the CD-ROM drive and make sure it is set for master operation. > > It would be very unusual for a CD-ROM drive to be a primary master. > That position is almost always reserved for the hard disk. > Check your hard disk. Is it a Maxtor drive? If this is the case, > I think the system is seeing your hard disk and not your CD-ROM > drive. > > It is common practice for corporate IT departments to disable > a CD-ROM drive by removing the jumper, so that it is neither set > for master (MA) nor slave (SL) operation. Sometimes they will set it for > cable select (CS) or sometimes they will remove the jumper entirely. > They do this to try to prevent users from installing software > or to keep them from burning CDs. That may be what is > wrong with the drives you removed, too.
I think you're right: Maxtor is the hard drive. I think the cdrom has a separate cable. The problem is that I don't manage to organize the cables the right way. Is there on line some pictures where I can learn how to properly set them? Thanks Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8739trq0k3....@gmail.com
