On 09-Jun-98 Eric Cifreo wrote: > Thanks for your questions Zoki(they made me think, and figure some stuff > out > on my own!) Newbies need to figure things out, the lesson sticks better > that way. (you helped too Maxwell) > > I still don't have the cdrom working, but I can tell that I'm soooo > close.;^} Here's what I have done: > > I cleaned up everything: removed my /dev/cdrom, my /cdrom, my /dev/sbpcd, > and my /dev/hdc so I could start over. Rebooted, created them all again, > and made the proper links. Added the /cdrom to /etc/fstab. I don't get > the > "not a block device" error anymore when I mount it. However, the cdrom > driver, sbpcd goes into some sort of scan mode after I give the command > "mount /cdrom": > > sbpcd-0 [1] Scanning: 0x230 Soundblaster > sbpcd-0 [2] Scanning: 0x300 Lasermate > etc, etc, > > through 30 or so scans involving Teac and other brands as well. At the > end, > it announces that it is unable to mount the cdrom. My dmesg indicates > that > Linux is pegging my cdrom model every time I power up the machine: >>hdc: Matshita CR-581 (Panasonic) "drive blah-blah". > > Do I just need to ln /hdc to /cdrom or /dev/cdrom? According to the how-to (and I quote): "sbpcd=<io-address>,<interface-type>" Run the above at the lilo prompt (i.e. 'linux sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster') without the quotes. If you can't find out the io-address, try looking at the board's jumpers or find it in dos. If you still have dos installed, the line should be entered already with the proper addressing in either config.sys or autoexec.bat (can't recall which). If you still have problems, take a look at the cdrom how-to. It doesn't mention the specific device but, I'd be willing to bet the same technique would work. Once you've been able to mount it, you can link the /dev/cdrom to the correct /dev/hd? device, add an append line to lilo.conf, run /sbin/lilo, add the proper entry to fstab and away you go (after a reboot). --- Pardon my english - I went to US public school. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
