Paul Tansom, 2001-Sep-03 17:11 +0100: > OK, this may be simple and I'm missing something basic - I hope so! - but how > do you get the CDROM mounted when you insert it after you have booted without > it? I have a Dell Latitude C600 and the BIOS recognises makes the CDROM > available automatically, but I cannot mount it because hdc (where it usually > sits) is not a valid block device. If I boot then remove and replace it all > works fine. It's basic, I'm confinced I'm missing something basic!!!!
Good question. I have a Dell Lattitude CPx and I've run into this too. I have not figured out how to mount it yet. Some things I've tried: insmod ide-cd insmod cdrom (this should show that it's using ide-cd) cd /proc/ide drivers should show one for the cdrom, e.g. ide-cdrom version 4.58, and there should be a dir for ide1 with valid info in it. I remember that /proc/devices didn't show device "22 ide1" and I couldn't figure out how to add it. I've been able to load the modules, but the /proc info was not coming up, so mounting wouldn't work. Once booting with the cdrom inserted, I can remove and replace as much as I like, so I try not to reboot without the cdrom inserted...which isn't a big deal since I haven't rebooted my laptop in over 3 months [Man I love Debian!] jc -- Jeff Coppock Nortel Networks Systems Engineer http://nortelnetworks.com Major Accts. Santa Clara, CA
