With regard to mounting cdrom filesystems, I believe there is something called "amd" that can automate this so that you do not have to type "mount..." each time. Maybe someone has the details??
"Markus M. Schneider" wrote: > > Larry Shields WD9ESU wrote: > > > If I boot right from the linux floppy disk, when it gets to the point of > > mounting my CD-ROM drive I get this: > > > > MCD=0X360,11: init Failed. No mcd device at 0x360 irq 11 > > > > But if I let the system boot up using MSDOS, it then loads everything > > encluding my cd-rom drive, then once I get the msdos prompt, I insert the > > Bootable linux > > disk into the floppy drive, and do a soft reboot CTRL-ALT-DEL and then it > > boots up using the Linux floppy... > > > > When it gets to the point of loading of the cd-rom drive it then loads in > > and shows this: > > > > MCD=0X360,11: Mitsumi Status type and version: 10 D 2 Double Speed CD ROM > > > > Does this mean that when I am asked when installing Debian Modules select > > Category for cdrom driversthat when it shows the different types like sony, > > etc, and mcd or MCDX, that it is looking for mcd=0x360,11 10 D 2....??? > > The program for installing modules which is used during installation of > Debian is /usr/sbin/modconf. You can start it as root whenever You want. > If You select mcd or mcdx You are asked if you want to supply some > options. There You can try to add 0x360,11. I would suggest to use mcdx. > Using mcdx instead of mcd I don't have to add any options. > > > Also I would like someone to show me the correct way of editing my FSTAB > > file using the /dev/mcd since I have tried three different ways and have had > > no luck in doing so... > > Try to put a line like > > /dev/mcdx /cdrom iso9660 ro,user > > in your /etc/fstab. "user" means that every user can (un)mount the CD. > > Hope this will be of same help. (I am using a machine with this > Mitsumi-Drive very seldom. Therfore I'm not sure.) > > Markus. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
