Re: [TCLUG:10148] Mounting CDROMs...

[Christopher McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

What you should do is (as root) figure out the proper command to mount the
cdrom / cd-r and then you can add it to /etc/fstab so that you can mount
it as a regular user later.

IDE devices are /dev/hd*, so a cdrom on the primary for the second IDE
controller is /dev/hdc.

SCSI cdroms are /dev/scd? where ? is the number of the cd-rom.  This seems
to go by scsi id, so the lowest id scsi cdrom is 0, the next is 1, and so
on.  SCSI cd-r are actually devices with multiple personalities, the
writing part is done through the SCSI generic device, /dev/sg?, however
cdrecord and cd-write hide this from you.  You must have SCSI generic to
support pretty much any SCSI device which is not a hard disk or cdrom,
AFAIK.

The ZIP drive is a SCSI device, and should be treated as such even when
the interface is IDE or parallel.

There should be on your system or accessable through the LDP a
CDROM-HOWTO, a CD-Writing-HOWTO and a SCSI-HOWTO, and a ZIP-Drive and a
ZIP-Install mini-howto. 

Have Fun!
-Chris

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Lawrence Crisp wrote:

> So I finally got my system rebuilt, and I've installed Mandrake and KDE.  
> I'm feeling much better about myself.  But I have run into a couple of 
> problems that I am hoping someone can help me with.  First, I have a cdrom 
> and a cdr in this system, but I can't figure out how to mount the cdr.  I 
> think I need to add an entry to the fstabs file, but I have not been able 
> to figure out what I need to add or even what device the cdr is in /dev.  
> Can anyone tell me how to set it up so I can use the cdr, both for reading 
> and writing?  (It's a Mitsumi 2801TE (or something close to 2801), so I 
> know it is compatible.)  Second, when I mount a burned disk with multiple 
> sessions with the cdrom, I can only access the most recent session.  
> Anyone know how can I access the rest of the disk?  Finally, I also have a 
> parallel port Zip disk on this thing, and I have not yet had a chance to 
> figure out how to set it up.  Can someone give me the quickee directions or 
> point me to the correct how-to?
> 
> As always, any help is appreciated,
> Thanks,
>   --Larry
> 
> 
> 
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