Dr Gavin Seddon([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 18:21, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > Dr Gavin Seddon([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> > > Hi,
> > > Ihave 2 devices that I cannot get working.
> >
> > "Can not get working" is very vague. You must be getting some error
> > message which would assist someone in helping you.
> >
> > >
> > > a. A scsi tape drive. Here I have installed the mt-st kernel patch and
> > > made a ln -s between /dev/sto anmount: /dev/st0 is not a block devicev/tape.
> > ^ Typo? do you mean st0?
> > What error message do you get when you try to mount it?
>
> When I try to mount it
>
> mount: /dev/st0 is not a block device
Sorry, I haven't had a tape installed here in 6-7 years, so just can't
remember enough to be of help. Suggest doing a google search for a
tape howto.
> >
> > >
> > > b. A cdrw, here I have installed the scsi emulation patch and added an
> > > append line to my lilo.conf.
> >
> > Nowhere near enough info here to say.
> >
> > What does the append line look like?
> > Did you add the drive to /etc/fstab?
> > does cdrecord find it?
> > etc, etc.
> > The line is
> append="hdc=ide-scsi"
Do a google search for the CDROM-HOWTO.pdf.
It has all you need to get the cdrw up and running.
>
> No i did not add anything to fstab. Don't know what to add.
> cdrecord -scanbus finds nothing.
> Yes sto was a typo should be st0
/etc/fstab
/dev/scd0 /cdrw iso9660 defaults,rw,user,noauto 0 0
ls -l /dev/cdrw
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 9 2003-10-06 12:34 /dev/cdrw -> /dev/scd0
Note the group ID
:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
Wayne
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